A $200 billion a year industry is NOT A GAME. You dufuses (Otellini and ex-Ruiz) are ruining the rest of our economy with this FIRE SALE NONSENSE.

Why do you media people treat this like some joke when billions of dollars are being burned up by a maniacal MONOPOLIST that spits in even their partners' faces.

Leave MS alone and deal with Intel. They actually own stuff that isn't IP.

They will start production at 32nm, but they will be the first at 22nm and 15nm.

Hasn't happened yet, in fact, Intel's lead has, if anything, increased over the past 2-4 process generations.

All the money in the world won't bring them to 32nm SOI in 12 months, but I guess there's always a next round of hopes and high expectations ...

I thought they said they were going to be outsourcing all their chip manufacturing, and I wonder whatever happened to that AM3 socket.....

Hey, whats happening with the NY stat fab?

Those tech purchases would be of chips, not manufacturing equipment. The article does mention at the end the Asians making CPU's and GPU's.

That AMD is focusing on moving to 32nm is really, really good news. For so long they have relegated themselves to playing catchup.

I see this as their only long term hope for becoming competitive again.

Didn't they already make AMD dies prior to Fab36 (45nm) on some level, along with dies for their ATI cards since even before the 2900 series? Not positive about the CPU's...but ya, TSMC makes ATI/AMD cores.

No real surprise if TSMC makes the Fusion processor. If TSMC announces they are 32nm capable, AMD doesn't "burden" them with tools and request.

If I make widgets capable of what you're aiming for, I welcome your contracts for those widgets and smile at requests for more. That makes money and is the purpose of companies like this.

Sort of like the noise a donkey makes. This makes me do it.

"TSMC, for one, has announced 32nm high-k dielectric manufacturing for Q4 2009, which puts it ahead of the pack and is the most likely source for AMD/ATIC/TFC’s tech purchase."

Uhhh, why would AMD be purchasing anything tech process wise from TSMC?!

I think they are likely to purchase their FAB (tech process) equipment from the likes of Applied Materials, ASML Holding, Axcelis Technologies, Intevac, Novellus Systems, Lam Research, TEL, Aviza Technology Inc., KLA-Tencor, Ulvac, Varian Semiconductor, DAS GmbH Dresden Germany, Kornic Systems Corporation Korea before they trouble TSMC with FAB/Process equipment/technology requests....