AMD and Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Close on Semiconductor Assembly and Test Joint Venture More cash to play with etc.... http://ir.amd.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=74093&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2163253
In other words, selling off assets but retaining access to them. Creative ways to raise cash. Still sticking to the whole: If they keep up that cash burn rate, all cash will be gone in one to two years. This just hardens the cement on that idea a little bit more. EDIT: struggling in creative ways to raise cash to stay alive long enough to reap the potential rewards of yet to be released hardware is not fun.