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One of the bigger downsides to the results was the continuing cost
of integrating AMD and the former ATI. Quite a few of the top people at ATI
have left, and it looks as if some of the middle management is also jumping
ship. From what I hear, the cultures are not all that dissimilar, but the
graphics division is trying very hard to be as independent as possible from
the AMD corporate entity. This has caused a lack of communication where
needed, and most likely a lot of political tension between the groups. AMD
wants to be one big happy family, but apparently the ATI group certainly
enjoyed their existence as a separate entity that answers only to
themselves... not some guys in Texas.
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