AMD's Rick Bergman in Taiwan to rally support from motherboard makers

AMD senior vice president and general manager for Products Group Rick Bergman arrived in Taiwan on November 16 to talk about AMD's latest roadmap with Taiwan PC, motherboard and graphics card makers, as well as seeking more support from them for equal competition with Intel as Intel has agreed to abide by a set of business practice provisions, according to sources from motherboard makers.

Although some market watchers expect the settlement of all antitrust and IP disputes between the two firms will encourage more vendors to adopt AMD's products, the sources believe Taiwan makers are unlikely to change their views simply because of the settlement, since Intel currently still has the majority share of the motherboard market.