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To: Kenith Lee who wrote (107268)4/21/2000 6:56:00 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1572559
 
IF AMD continues to execute well throughout this year and beyond, and demand continues to outstrip supply even as Dresden ramps all the way up,and AMD retires a lot of debt and is sitting on cash, would it be time to start thinking about a new fab?
I know there wont be any need for awile but I am talking about looking at the question from the perspective of a year from now, if AMD does very well in that year, and takeing into consideration that if AMD does decide to do this in a year it would probably be 3 maybe even 4 years before the new fab would be ramped up. It must be difficult to plan for these things given the long lead time and large invesment required.
Tim



To: Kenith Lee who wrote (107268)4/21/2000 7:14:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572559
 
Kenith - RE: "Intel is very fortunate that AMD does not have the resource to capture more market shares."

The second half of this year is going to be interesting. Intel says supplies should meet demand at that time and AMD's Fab 30 will be up to speed by then. I guess we will soon find out if the current situation the market is in is a result of Intel's lack of manufacturing enough processors (as Microsoft said) or of very strong demand.