AMD irons out the bumps in Dresden

The firm is excited at the prospect of shifting the procedure out of the clean rooms of the two fabs on the site into a facility of its own.

Dr. Hans Deppe general manager of AMD in Dresden confessed he was, "amazed at the speed at which construction of the new clean room premises and supporting infrastructure has progressed."

AMD's chip powerhouse in Dresden will have has some $8 billion spent on it by 2008. And the quicker it gets its two fabs on the site up and running at target capacities, the sooner it can build a new one.

Ironing out the bumps is a key step forward.

Deppe said: "We have now established a key precondition for the planned major increase of production capacity at our Dresden site by 2008." µ