AMD closing 3 plants and laying off 2300 employees - Gateway dumps them from OEM supplier list

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Subject: AMD closing 3 plants and laying off 2300 employees - Gateway dumps them from OEM supplier list
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Sledge
Date: 9/25/2001 12:43:00 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 12.159.32.18
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Two plants in Austin, TX and their plant in Penang, Malaysia are being closed due to slow demand of new chips.

Gateway is ending production of their "Select" PC line which used AMD processors in favor of consolidating all their products behind Intel.

Bummer.

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mo' bettah details (link) - ludicrous -[9/26/2001 12:49:01 AM (GMT+0)]
inaccurate story - MS -[9/25/2001 9:00:38 PM (GMT+0)]
Now I'm wondering.. - KnightTalon -[9/25/2001 8:33:12 PM (GMT+0)]
- Come on now, it's a typical story given the current market, not an obituary! - ludicrous -[9/25/2001 10:02:37 PM (GMT+0)]
  - Re: Come on now, it's a typical story given the current market, not an obituary! - Castle50 -[9/25/2001 11:30:23 PM (GMT+0)]

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