Sat Aug 23, 2014 3:32 pm
I think AMD shopped around for the sweetest deal they could get, and OCZ, knowing their image has been tainted and wants to sell as many drives as they could, gave AMD an offer they can't refuse despite letting people know the drive is actually made by a tainted company. As part of the deal, OCZ also wanted to put its name -- albeit on the undersides -- of the products. I think OCZ is aware of its past mistakes and vows to make better drives, and if it succeeds in vastly improving their quality, it stands to gain from the deal by hitching a ride on the Radeon brand that AMD seems to be so feverishly promoting these days. Use AMD to regain a foothold and sell stuff, then kick AMD out of the picture when people again associate OCZ as a maker of quality drives that actually made SSDs for AMD. Clever and sneaky.
Does this make sense?
NEC V20 > AMD Am386DX-40 > AMD Am486DX2-66 > Intel Pentium-200 > Cyrix 6x86MX-PR233 > AMD K6-2/450 > AMD Athlon 800 > Intel Pentium 4 2.8C > AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800 > AMD Phenom II X3 720 > AMD FX-8350 > RYZEN?