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To: milo_morai who wrote (80290)	5/20/2002 1:15:54 AM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 275872

AMD's Austin Fab 25 Producing Flash Memory Devices biz.yahoo.com AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002--AMD (NYSE:AMD - News) today announced the company's Fab 25 manufacturing facility in Austin is in volume production of advanced Flash memory devices. The Austin facility is benefiting from significant capital investment to enable its transition from microprocessor manufacturing to Flash memory production. The conversion is nearly complete with the last microprocessor output planned for the third quarter of this year. Flash memory is a critical enabling technology for a wide variety of products such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, telecommunications devices, and Internet and global positioning systems. Flash memory retains information in the absence of power. Fab 25 is producing 32 Megabit and 64 Megabit Flash memory devices using 0.17 micron technology. The 0.17 micron dimension describes the size of the smallest component within the Flash memory device. The facility is currently equipped for high volume production of 0.13 micron devices. The use of 0.13 micron technology is planned to begin by the end of the year. "AMD's investment in Fab 25 will make the facility a leading-edge Flash memory factory," said Bertrand Cambou, group vice president for AMD's Memory Group. "This capability, combined with MirrorBit(tm) technology, can deliver the lowest manufacturing costs for Flash memory devices in the industry. The Austin fab is outfitted to carry us well into the future and is a strategic asset that will serve the needs of the large and growing wireless market." AMD's MirrorBit(tm) architecture is a breakthrough technology that doubles the density of standard Flash memory devices without compromising performance or reliability. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:AMD - News). AMD on the Web More AMD news and product information is available at our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof, and MirrorBit are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. wbmw

To: milo_morai who wrote (80290)	5/20/2002 6:59:01 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 275872

Milo, Wow, 64 bit extensions, sounds like a speed demon...not. Bill

To: milo_morai who wrote (80290)	5/23/2002 2:23:08 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

milo, If Intel does not include x86-64 in Prescott (which at this point seems like a very long shot), it is a good news for Hammer. Banias will most likely not be 64 bit. I don't know what's next on Intel's roadmap which could include x86-64, but it now looks that AMD will have at least 1 to 2 year lead in x86-64, or some 50 million units. This should be a critical mass, and should be enough for Microsoft to tell Intel that Intel's x86-64 has to be compatible with AMD's, or it will not get MSFT's support. Joe