Correct me if im wrong

[BigTaf]

I was reading the article regarding IBM warming up to AMD linked from the front page.

http://news.com.com/IBM+warms+to+AMD+Opteron+servers/2100-1010_3-6066330.html?tag=nefd.top

I was under the impression that IBM has worked closly with AMD for years, in fact I beleive they even provided key techonology to the A64/Opteron parts. So this article kinda made me laugh, A cheif server engineer didnt bother to explore technology a division of his company was involved with? I understand the need to segregate large companies into smaller self reliant peices but seriously.

I must be taking this the wrong way, because this has got me scratching my head good.

Any insight?



edit: I knew they worked on something, Strained Silicon, anything else?
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118916,00.asp

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

that has me going as well

ibm has also worked with amd to refine the SOI tech... and definitly a few other things too