side note: I work at the 200mm fab across the street.
Actually, the equipment is a big deal, the building was the small thing. The building has been here for over 15 years and its been empty for at least 5.
As for "Getting all the tolerances tight enough for 65nm work costs a LOT of money." The fab is actually only a class 100 cleanroom. Each tool is a micro-environment with its own air handlers creating a class.1 "cleanroom". That is why the tools are so expensive. As for the fab paying for itself, it's highly unlikely that 323 will be able to generate enough revenue this year to offset depreciation. $2.5B is what IBM chipped in(no pun intended). Toshiba, Sony, and Siemens are our 'partners' in this venture.
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Any one remember 3DFX? I do, they had a great video card and they supported open source initiatives, even creating their own. But you know what? I had an EXTREMELY had time getting X to work (this of course was in 1998, when I first got the card and little was supported). I bought a VisionTek card becuase it used the NVidia chipset and the support was out there for it. The install was easy and the card works beautifully! So do some 'real' research before you start knocking company's that do support open source.
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side note: I work at the 200mm fab across the street.
.1 "cleanroom". That is why the tools are so expensive. As for the fab paying for itself, it's highly unlikely that 323 will be able to generate enough revenue this year to offset depreciation. $2.5B is what IBM chipped in(no pun intended). Toshiba, Sony, and Siemens are our 'partners' in this venture.
Actually, the equipment is a big deal, the building was the small thing. The building has been here for over 15 years and its been empty for at least 5.
As for "Getting all the tolerances tight enough for 65nm work costs a LOT of money." The fab is actually only a class 100 cleanroom. Each tool is a micro-environment with its own air handlers creating a class
Any one remember 3DFX? I do, they had a great video card and they supported open source initiatives, even creating their own. But you know what? I had an EXTREMELY had time getting X to work (this of course was in 1998, when I first got the card and little was supported). I bought a VisionTek card becuase it used the NVidia chipset and the support was out there for it. The install was easy and the card works beautifully! So do some 'real' research before you start knocking company's that do support open source. http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20010816_5612
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=products_support ed
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s =&forumid=14