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To: combjelly who wrote (77537)	4/17/2002 6:53:05 PM
From: Monica Detwiler	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Hmm, looks like 5k WSW. So you don't have a link to the 6k figure. Just what I thought... Now, now - don't be so snippy. Message 6263580 Fab 30 Wafer Fabrication Facility Fab 30, AMD's European state-of-the art manufacturing facility for advanced microprocessor products, is rising up on a 75 acre site on the northern edge of the city of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony. AMD announced the project in December 1995, and ground breaking occurred ten months later. This $1.9B facility, staffed by approximately 1400 AMD employees, will at full capacity produce 6,000 eight-inch wafers per week. Currently, a collaborative, multi-cultural team is managing the planning, construction, and start up of this world class advanced wafer fabrication facility. FAB 30 FACTS Facility Size: Approximately 875,000 square feet-total project Manufacturing "clean-room" - 90,000 square feet Office space - 194,000 square feet 170-Seat Auditorium Full-Service Cafeteria Schedule: Project announced December 1995 Ground breaking October, 1996 Cornerstone ceremony May, 1997 Topping-off ceremony September, 1997 Equipment installation - Q2 1998 First silicon starts - Q4 1998 Capacity: Approximately 6,000 eight-inch wafers per week Staffing: Approximately 1,400 at maximum capacity Architectural Design: Dr. Alfonso Mercurio - AMA Group Project Responsibility: Clean Room and Clean Facilities: Meissner + Wurst Design Partner for Architecture & Engineering: ATP, Achammer Tritthart Partner Total Cost: $1.9 Billion Back to AMD Saxony Manufacturing GmbH