AMD plany 65 mikrons

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Friday 25 February 2005, 12:30

AMD claims it's catching Intel on 65 nano tech

ROBERT RIVET, chief financial officer of AMD, spoke at the Goldman Sachs
technology investment symposium 2005 and gave a fair amount of details on its
process plans.
AMD is on track to produce 65 nanometre processors, he said. While he said
that Intel is clearly behind AMD on 64-bit technology, AMD won't be that far
behind the firm on the move to 65 nanometre.

Reliable sources inside Intel claim Intel has already got 65 nanometre
versions of its chips taped up and running at its development fabs.

He said that AMD's Fab 30 in Dresden will be in full 90 nanometre production
by June. Its deal with Chartered Semi will come on line at the end of this
year, or the beginning of next, in cooperation with IBM.

He said that AMD produced more than 30 million units at Fab 30, the majority
of which were at 130nm. It's expecting to be able to make 50 million units
this year on 90 nanometre technology, although that number will fluctuate,
depending on market needs.

He said that AMD believes that it has enough capacity to serve all of its
customers and that that when the 300 millimetre Fab 36 comes on line, the
incremental number of units could amount to more than 100 million processors
in a year.

He also indicated that AMD has a solid future in flash, despite it being a
very dynamic business. AMD was number one in NOR flash in 2004, apart from
the fourth quarter when Intel was number one.

But, he said, flash memory is one of the fastest growing segments in the
semiconductor industry. It's a very competitive space and it's a very tough
business to be in, he said. µ

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