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Behind the Closed Doors of AMD's Chip Production

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the silicon-wafers-don't-taste-so-good dept.

rokali writes "Tom's Hardware is running an article on AMD's chipmaking procedure, plants, and future. Check out the pictures of Fab 36, their new plant slated to open in 2006, which will put of the next generation of 65nm chips. From the article: 'Currently, AMD's devices in Dresden are still produced on 200 mm wafers; the new APM 3.0 using 300 mm wafers won't be ramped up until Fab 36 opens. Production startup at the new facility is slated for the beginning of 2006, at which point the company will have invested an additional $2.5 billion.'"

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  1. truly fascinating stuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wait, no it isn't.

  2. cheaper chipmaking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    plant: potato plant
    chipmaking procedure: slice potato and fry

  3. AFP! by daishin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Automate First Post! Ok, so its a little late.

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  4. I agree by spidereyes · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The benefits are obvious: smaller components mean that more of them can be packed into a small space.
    But what if she likes just one big components?
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    I say we just grow up, be adults and die.
  5. Re:Video of a chip fab in production by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that clip is OLD news. Get original material troll.

    For those who are wondering and don't want to watch it's a naked man getting kicked in the nuts over and over by two chicks.

  6. Speaking of SLOW ASS JAVA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This article about a 384 way Java server is pretty much the final word on Java.

    Inferred FTFA Java is so effing slow that you have to have a 384 core server to make it useful.

  7. Enderle Wuz Here by DrunkenTerror · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL @ sleek Ferrari notebooks on the last page!

    For those of you just joining, we like to make fun of Enderle and his Ferrari notebook! Give it a shot, kids. ;D

  8. What will turn out to be by Patrick+Mannion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A small room.

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  9. Re:Question by darth_MALL · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, for modpoints. That is the funniest thing I've rad all year.
    Poor taste? Sure.
    Funny? Definitely.

  10. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mine was funny. Yours was just an insult. See the difference?

  11. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually yours wasn't funny at all

    Humour is subjective. It doesn't matter if you don't think that it's funny. Other people do.

    I guess I can't see the difference between an insult veiled as a lame atempt at comedy and an unveiled insult.

    An insult veiled as a lame attempt at comedy? Do you really think that I look down upon the people of Dresden because some people who once lived in the same region died in wartime? That doesn't even make sense.

    My joke was not an insult, because there's nothing to be insulted about. It was in poor taste, sure. A lot of humour involves bad taste. It's still humour.

    Randomly hoping that people die, on the other hand, isn't funny. It's just stupid. It's even more stupid because you assumed I was from the USA, and I'm not. You might be closer if you said that you hoped my father died in an IRA bombing, but even then you'd just get a blank stare and "huh?" because you've no idea who my father is and to wish him dead is stupid, pointless, and I couldn't care less if you wished him dead.

    So, to sum it up: me == funny, you == pointless and stupid.