Dresden expansion.
I have been in communication with AMD over this. I have traded e-mails with Jens Drews, who is the PR Manager for AMD, Europe. Here is his most recent reply:
"> To: Drews, Jens
> Subject: RE: Dresden Fab expansion
>
> Herr Drews,
> Okay, I guess I wasn't clear. Given that there is a an extension being
> added to the existing facility, is the plan still to have completed the
> buildout in Dresden by the end of 2001? [Drews, Jens] yes, that is the
> plan If not, when is the new date for
> completing the build out? [Drews, Jens] n/a What will be the maximum
> wafer starts per week at
> the completion of the build out? [Drews, Jens] ca. 5000.
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So, while there is an expansion at the Dresden fab, it is not expected to increase the capacity at all, even though the cleanroom is going to be bigger. So either a) this was planned all along, b) they are sandbagging, or c) this space will be used to handle alien artifacts from a UFO that crashed.
Any other ideas? |
