AMD's FAB 30 "WORKS AT 150%" CAPACITY

[9-inch]

So says the Inquierer:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30832

Udo Nothelfer, VP of AMD's Fab36 told us that the current production of Fab30 isn't 20,000 or 25,000 wafer starts per month, but a rather astonishing 30,000, or 50% more than company designed the Fab for.

APM is responsible for this great ramp in production.
Really impressive.

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

Perhaps this is what is putting a hault on the AMD-Dell deal. If so, would additional capacity make the deal a go in the future?

 

[7H4_D00D3]

Nope, I think they only reduced latencies

 

[joset]

Easy, they overclocked their manufacturing machine!

LOL

 

[joset]

Nope, I think they only reduced latencies

Except there's no real data(memory) involved in those machines hence they wouldn't have latency. (and latency doesn't affect as much as Hz does anyway)

Rate of production can be measured in Hz so overclocking suits better.

No latency?! Well, then they might overclock until we see wafers woooshing by over our heads! Nice...

 

[joset]

Of course, we cannot go into the whole yield problem, since AMD is being very tight-lipped about the actual yields, just like every other player in this particular branch of the manufacturing business. But 30,000 wafer starts a month is something you can see only on a small hill next to Dresden in Germany.

As in the Fab itself or a pile of dead wafers? :lol:

Nope, they're munching'em. That's why they're tight-lipped...

 

[7H4_D00D3]

nope, there is a latency period when pieces go from line to line and are organized and tested for final shipping (which is ANOTHER latency xD)

 

[joset]

nope, there is a latency period when pieces go from line to line and are organized and tested for final shipping (which is ANOTHER latency xD)

And yet...

- "Woooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

- "Wha'was tha'?!"

- "Nothin', really... ... ... ... ... ... just a few hundred 90nm SoI engineered dies in a 200mm AMD FAB 30 wafer, shootin' by..."

- "Owh! Daaamn!... ... ... ... ... ... for a moment, ... ... ...I thought 't was Chartered's 65nm 300mm..."

-"Naaah... later man... ... ... ... ... much later..."

Edit: In a more slow mood...

 

[mpjesse]

 

[DragonDoc]

Easy, they overclocked their manufacturing machine!

:roll: 8O :lol:

 

[7H4_D00D3]

nope, there is a latency period when pieces go from line to line and are organized and tested for final shipping (which is ANOTHER latency xD)

And yet...

- "Wooosh!

- "Wha'was that?!"

- "Nothing, really... just a few hundred 90nm SoI engineered dies in a 200mm AMD FAB 30 wafer, shooting by..."

- "Oh! Damn!... ...for a moment, I thought it was Chartered's 65nm 300mm..."

-"Naaah... later... ... much later..."

LOL!

 

[rettihSlluB]

I really was expecting to see "Action_JackAss" posting his keyboard crap before you guys. 8)

What ever happened to Action's mommy thread??

 

[Action_Man]

It was deleted dipsh!t. :roll:

 

[clue69less]

Easy, they overclocked their manufacturing machine!

Good one, wusy. But I think they just supplied their employees with really good drugs. Hell, it works in bike racing, why not CPU production?