AMD announced that it plans to invest a total of $2.5 billion US Dollars to expand manufacturing capacity in Germany. To do this AMD will add an additional 12-inch wafer production line in Dresden and call it Fab 38, AMD will now have a total of 3 Fab’s in Dresden boosting wafers to 45,000+ per month.
AMD will ramp down 12-inch manufacturing in the second half of 2007, with preparation already underway for the ramp of 12-inch wafers on 65nm process technology at Fab 38 by the end of 2007. This plant will produce the latest generations of AMD microprocessors and reach full capacity by the end of 2008.
The new addition will boost Dresden-based manufacturing to a full capacity of 45,000 12-inch wafer starts per month by the end of 2008.
Source: DigiTimes
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