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Article: AMD Dresden Fab Comes Online, 1GHz Chips Next Year.
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- Computergram International
- Article date:
- October 18, 1999
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Advanced Microdevices Inc's state of the art fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany will start producing chips next week and is expected to roll out 1GHz Athlon chips in the first quarter of next year. AMD has invested 3.4bn DM ($1.89bn) in Fab 30; the first non-US plant that uses Copper interconnect technology.
The plant will start producing copper 550MHZ, 600MHz and 700MHz Athlons after it is officially opened next Wednesday. AMD first produced copper K6-III chips at Dresden in July this year (CI No 3,702). The first Athlons from the plant will be built on a 0.18 micron process. The plant currently has a staff of 950 and AMD intends to double that over the next ...