Register Thought for the Day AMD cannot produce enough K7s or K6-IIIs to turn its position round, even given the most optimistic take on it. But IBM, that fab company, could. So why doesn't Big Blue just buy AMD and put it out of its misery? And is the Alereon a socketed low-cost K7? They've got one, we hear... IBM and AMD have talked to each other about this forever... after all... ®