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To: fyo who wrote (64924)	7/12/1999 5:10:00 PM
From: Joseph S. Lione	Respond to of 1580052

fyo - "True, but then jets don't have a 2-year lead time, do they?" That was the point at which they (AMD) decided their strategy, no? Surely they did not build it without a plan. Joe

To: fyo who wrote (64924)	7/12/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580052

FYO - Re: "True, but then jets don't have a 2-year lead time, do they?" Nope. They don't have a THREE YEAR lead time either ! Paul {==============================} DRESDEN, GERMANY--April 18, 1996--AMD today announced the appointment of Jack Saltich as vice president and general manager of its European Microelectronics Center to be built in Dresden, Germany. Previously vice president of AMD's Fab 25 in Austin, Texas, Saltich will focus immediately on establishing an AMD presence in Dresden, building the Fab 30 team in Dresden and completing comprehensive facility and operational plans. The project over the 10-year plan period will entail an investment of approximately U.S. $1.9 billion and is projected to employ more than 1,400 people. Fab 30, the centerpiece of the Dresden facility is planned to be an 8,000-square meter cleanroom. The total facility, which will also include a design center, has been planned to encompass 90,000 square meters of building space. Fab 30 is planned to manufacture future generations of Microsoft® Windows®-compatible microprocessors and other high volume products with production commencing by year end 1998. The facility will start up utilizing AMD's 0.25m process technology and then migrate to 0.18m technology. Planning for the facility is well under way with groundbreaking expected to take place by the end of 1996