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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. Direct link by eldimo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Direct link to the article on one single page and without ads

  2. Re:Nice to hear by sboyko · · Score: 5, Informative

    From my experience in the process control industry, this is typical of European especially German engineering. They make great products you hear very little about. We had a vendor in a while ago with some great industrial Ethernet products; they have been around for years but the first time we heard of them was by being included in a larger system. Great engineering is wonderful but you gotta sell it too!

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  3. Re:chipmakers vulnerable.. by richteas · · Score: 5, Informative

    While it is true that Dresden is located in the valley of the river Elbe (which caused the floods you mentioned), Fab 30 is a few miles outside Dresden, well above the highest possible flood level.

    The city's infrastructure was affected though, which may have caused some trouble for the people working at Fab 30.

    http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressR oo m/0,,51_104_543~41498,00.html
    http://www.geek.com /news/geeknews/2002Aug/bch20020 816015902.htm

    However, floods and other unforeseeable events can of course cause a major ripple in the economic situation of an enterprise such as AMD. Sometimes even rumors suffice...