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To: StanX Long who wrote (63611)	5/10/2002 12:30:24 AM
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AMD cuts 200 jobs as Austin fab shifts to flash Moving from processors to memories, the 200-mm fab will play key role in flash battle with Intel By J. Robert Lineback Semiconductor Business News May 9, 2002 (10:51 a.m. EST) eet.com AUSTIN, Texas — About 200 additional workers will be laid off by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. here as the Silicon Valley-based company transitions its 200-mm wafer Fab 25 facility from microprocessor production to flash memories. A new 0.18-micron flash memory technology is now being ramped in Fab 25, requiring fewer process steps and fab workers than AMD's processes for PC microprocessors, said an AMD spokesman. The spokesman confirmed the decision to lay off more workers in Austin as AMD also prepares to shut down its two aging Fab 14 and 15 facilities — a cost-cutting move that was announced last year (see Sept. 25 story). About half of the 1,000 employees working in the two older fabs have already been laid off with the rest expected to leave the company by the end of the second quarter. Once the two older fabs are closed and the 200 additional positions are eliminated, AMD will have a workforce of just over 3,000 employees at its Austin campus — about 1,200 less than a year ago.