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AMD Graphics Chip Shortage Hits PC Vendors
CWmike writes "An offshore AMD foundry is having trouble ramping up production of a new 40-nanometer GPU, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today. TSMC is struggling to get up to speed manufacturing AMD's 5800 series, 40-nm GPUs, according to Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat. He added that the foundry is in full production, but so far yields are below expectation. Matt Davis, a spokesman for AMD, confirmed that TSMC is having issues with production of the chips. He added that it's not clear how far behind the foundry is on production expectations. 'The design is sound. It's just a matter of trying to get TSMC to a point where they can yield. They're feeling the manufacturing crunch,' said Davis. 'We're a little bit under yield but we're working back into a manufacturing schedule we want for these parts. TSMC can only kick them out so fast at this point.' He said that PC vendors are being affected but declined to say how many vendors are feeling the pinch or which ones. 'It's the end of the whip,' he added. '[The vendors] are going to have a hard time.'"
A post at Anandtech suggests we'll see price hikes for the 5800-series Radeons until this situation sorts itself out.
Blaming their suppliers (TSMC) or otherwise is typical M.O. for AMD. I should know, I worked there almost 5 years. That's why they can't be a successful company because they don't take responsibility for themselves. Blame suppliers. Blame competitors. Blame customers. How about take a good hard look at your company that's losing money out the ass and fire and all the moronic windbags in upper management who are too busy cutting insider trading deals to actually instill some fucking leadership in the company. The place is a fucking goat rodeo. This does not surprise me. I work at another semiconductor company that partners with TSMC quite a bit. We've never had problems with yields, and if we did we'd take responsibility for it instead of just blaming TSMC. If I were TSMC I'd be pretty pissed. It's no way to treat a business partner. I don't think I've posted a comment on slashdot since 2002, this just got me so pissed off I had to create an account and say something.