It's
an early news leak but it seems AMD isset to spin off manufacturing
responsibilities to a new seperate venture which will also assume
responsibility for producing chips for other companies as well. The
large plants over in Germany and other regions are apparently all part
of the deal and the investment to fund this whole deal is said to be
associated with the government of Abu Dhabi.
Further details
about the split of power and future or name of the new company have yet
to be revealed, one has to wonder if this will help the company refocus
itself and get back into heavier R&D since they were already said
to be experimenting with TSMC on chips, one has to also wonder how this
might play in their already announced path to 45nm and if that might be
a factor in the company ramping up production so fast with early
samples already coming out.
We'll keep you posted as more breaks
on this with any details on how this will impact roadmaps or any
benefits coming to the company from the announcement of this change.
Source: Wall Street Journal Online
