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AMD's Fab 30 Revealed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the blue-man-group-jealous dept.

Harkids writes "AnandTech posted a sweet article about a recent trip to AMD's newest chip manufacturing plant, Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. The article is more than just a walk around the building; it includes juicy details of AMD's microprocessor manufacturing process, innovations, and even has some Hammer info in it. A good read if you are interested in CPUs or simply what AMD has up their sleeve."

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  1. wow by pummer · · Score: 2, Funny

    now maybe we'll see a chip at 1/2 intel clock speed but twice as fast!! (oh wait, they already have those)

  2. fab 30 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    i would put a joke about the fab 5, but i don't remember what the fab 5 is so fuck it.

    1. Re:fab 30 by yobbo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, i'd put in a joke about FAB, but that's a brand of washing powder, and well... who gives a fuck about washing powder...

  3. Thank God! A story for true nerds! by wackybrit · · Score: 5, Funny

    A lot of people have been worrying about the recent 'dumbification' of stories on Slashdot like exercise bike games, non-existant decisions and what lawyers can learn from manga! But Harkids and Michael rush to save the day with this gruesomely geeky stuff:

    it includes juicy details of AMD's microprocessor manufacturing process

    Yes! YES! JUICY DETAILS OF PROCESSOR MANUFACTURE! YES!!

    Slashdot is SAVED!!

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  4. In other news... by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intel recently scrapped plans to firebomb the AMD Fab30 plant. When reached for comment an Intel spokesman said "The war for the desktop processor market is mostly over." AMD has declined to comment.

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  5. Re:I'd stay away from this one by athlon02 · · Score: 4, Funny

    check out the specs for the hammer line... P4 can't touch it.

  6. slashdot math by ortholattice · · Score: 3, Funny
    From the article: The combination of the Fab and the Dresden Design Center (DDC) was said to require a $2.3 million investment, with close to $2M already spent and the remaining $300M due to be used by the end of 2003.

    By any chance were the /. editors on this tour?

    (BTW here's a tip: Click on "Print this article" to see the whole article at once, ad-free, without having to wait for 7 pages of ads to download.)

  7. Fab 30? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    John, Paul, Ringo, George.. who are the other 26?

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