32 sqm: a year later, AMD has become a manufacturing technology

Intel continues to be a step ahead.

Dirk Meyer, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, told InformationWeek.com that the company's next-generation processors, now based on 32-nanometer manufacturing technology, could be available by the end of 2010 at the earliest, a year behind Intel. mass production of central units with the same bandwidth will begin in the last quarter of this year. As a result of more advanced manufacturing technology, the number of transistors can be increased, resulting in higher computing power.

However, other news came from around AMD's house: the outsourcing of production lines was completed on March 2, resulting in the formation of Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Technology Investment Company, The Foundry Company, in which AMD has a 34,4% stake. With the completion of the deal, AMD will get rid of about $ 1,1 billion in debt, receive $ 800 million in capital injections from its partners, and will not have to sacrifice production line development, which will cost $ 1-2 billion annually. The relief of the company and the settlement of its financial situation will certainly be reflected in the developments in the long run. This will allow AMD, like VIA and NVIDIA, to focus exclusively on design work, with CPUs manufactured by TFC, and the company's graphics processors and motherboard chipsets will continue to be the responsibility of the TSMC and UMC production lines.