This time last year, Texas Instruments announced its top suppliers, just like they did today. The problem was that the wording was identical two years in a row, though the companies honored in the list were different. 

Going back to December when AMD held an analyst conference in New York, Hector Ruiz and his current executive team wanted to convey the theme of the glass being half full rather than half empty. The problem was that no analysts came away from that meeting feeling that things were looking good.