Foundry Company accelerates the transition to new tehprotsessy
November 17, 2008, 2:03 pm
Is not entirely subsided disputes concerning the immediate future of AMD, which transmits its equipment for the production of integrated circuits created only recently, not without the participation of AMD. The basis for the further development of a new player in the market microchips, Foundry Company, as we know, will be located in the German city of Dresden factory - Fab38 and Fab36, which in the nearest time will be significantly upgraded for the production of improved integrated circuits. It is immediate plans chipmeykera and was devoted to conference, during which CEO Doug Grouz (Doug Grose) spoke about future investments. The nearest plans Foundry Company plans to invest up to $ 900 million in Fab38 - planned over the next year to install new equipment, and by early 2010 and start mass production of new products. Investments would also affect factory and Fab36, which will be fully transferred to the production of 45-nm integrated circuits. The immediate plans Foundry Company is also investing about $ 300 million in R D-sector, ie, the development and improvement of technology, sales and marketing, IT-sector, etc. What will this substantial investment in production ? Firstly, the expected increase in factory output Fab36 at 25 thousand silicon wafers per year - in 2009, the expected output should reach 300 thousand 300-mm silicon wafers annually. Secondly, by 2010 at full capacity up Fab 38 factory, producing annually integrated circuits from silicon wafers 400 thousand. Yet prospects for 2011, when the conveyor Fab 38 will go annually to 600 thousand 300-mm silicon wafers. No less interesting are the plans for a new factory - Fab4x, which will begin its work by 2012 and will specialize in the production of integrated circuits using 22-nm process. The overall performance of the plant is 800 thousand silicon wafers, with total investment estimated at astronomical $ 4 billion Do not spared the attention of speakers and the transition to new manufacturing processes. Thus, by the fourth quarter of next year should be completed preparatory work for the introduction of mass production of 32-nm CMOS-tehprotsessa. But most importantly, that in the first half of 2010 tehprotsess will be ready for production of graphics processors - much earlier date, to which a similar opportunity to provide the main competitors in the face of TSMC, UMC, SMIC and Chartered Semiconductor. Around the same time to be ready and 32-nm tehprotsess which will be manufactured and central processor - thus the company AMD will be able to issue their first 32-nm microchips through fifteen months after the launch sales of 45-nm processors - there is accelerating the pace of development of new tehprotsessa That should heighten competition with the main rival - by Intel. - AMD against Intel - the competition was resumed;- AMD to part with plants ?.
