AMD does not have a dedicated chip that would be able to aim at all the market segments addressed by Intel's Atom processor. Offering an aging entry-level processor to compete in the "Ultra-Value-Client" market is really just a half-baked solution for AMD to ride the low-end PC wave right now, but even if AMD isn't pumping out enough processors to match Intel's Atom volume, the company was successful in placing the products at the very bottom of the market. news source...

Your point is ??? "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

AMD needs to be in the game to keep the competition, so that better chips come at affordable prices from both Intel & AMD. Dropping off the radar isn't going to be good for anybody..

Who's says they are dropping off the market? Many people thought the same thing about intel in 2004-2005 when their chips didn't stack up to AMD's and AMD was out performing them in price and performance. AMD will be fine. They are getting things back in gear. Now that they sold their fab plants they no longer have to worry about making chips and designing processors at the same time. They can now just focus on designing processors and having 3rd party companies like the Foundry Company make their chips. This will not only save AMD a lot of money in the long run, but allow AMD to focus more on future projects due to the money that they are saving by not having to construct their own chips anymore. It was either that or AMD go completely under and no one wants a chip market that's completely ruled by Intel again or else budget intel chips would end up costing as much as current mainstream chips and mainstream chips will end up costing as much as highend chips again. If it's broke, then blow that sucka up!