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To: Yousef who wrote (46674)	1/19/1999 11:29:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1572334

Yousef - Thanks for the BOX scores ! AMD - down -21% ! Who'da thunk it ? Paul

To: Yousef who wrote (46674)	1/20/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572334

Yousef - Copy Exactly Won't Happen In Dresden Fab 30. Looks like AMD is switching to a new piece of CVD gear from Applied for their Fab 30 line. At least they are buying one for the Submicron Development Center - so both fabs can fumble along together ! MegaFLop 25 seems to have been left out of the loop - poor Maxwell will have to keep working on the old machines ! Paul {===========================} AMD to use Applied's Producer CVD system in Dresden SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has ordered multiple units of Applied Materials Inc.'s new Producer system for its fab in Dresden, Germany, as well as a system for its Submicron Development Center (SDC) in Sunnyvale, Calif., Applied said here today. "The Producer's design establishes a new direction of greater simplicity in process equipment," said Jack Saltich, vice president and general manager of AMD Saxony Manufacturing GmbH, the Dresden facility. "The system's footprint, coupled with its very efficient hook-up capability, allows for a savings in both expensive fab floorspace and tool installation costs. We plan to use Producer for numerous CVD applications, including anti-reflective coatings, etchstop, passivation and interconnects in our advanced microprocessors, as well as other devices." Producer uses Applied Materials' multichamber architecture in a new design that transfers wafers in pairs to process modules; each module has two identical chambers that use common vacuum and gas delivery subsystems. The chambers are based on hardware and process technology used in Applied Materials' CVD (chemical vapor deposition) products. "AMD was extremely helpful during the development of Producer, providing a tough, real-world environment for our process transfer and productivity evaluations," noted Kevin Fairbairn, general manager of Applied Materials' PECVD Product Division. Copyright c 1999 Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story posted 9 a.m. EST/6 a.m., PST, 1/19/99