AMD's FAB 30 IN DRESDENGERMANY SHIPS 10 MILLIONTH AMD CPU

AMD's FAB 30 IN DRESDEN, GERMANY SHIPS 10
MILLIONTH AMD ATHLON(tm) PROCESSOR

DIE



-Major milestone marks another success for manufacturing facility,

demonstrating flawless execution during first 13 months of operation-



DRESDEN, GERMANY- JULY 31, 2001- AMD announced today that its newest

megafab, Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany, shipped its 10 millionth AMD Athlon(tm)

processor die. Fab 30 is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that

incorporates industry-leading manufacturing technologies to produce the

company's highest- performance AMD Athlon processors. AMD's Fab 30 was

recently awarded "Fab of the Year" by Semiconductor International
magazine

in recognition of being the first facility in the world specifically

designed to produce microprocessors with copper interconnects.



"Shipping the 10 millionth microprocessor die from AMD's Dresden facility

after only 13 months of production shipments marks another impressive

milestone in Fab 30's history," said Hector Ruiz, president and chief

operating officer. "Even with the tremendous success Fab 30 has enjoyed to

date, we believe the best is yet to come. AMD is on track in converting
Fab

30 to take advantage of next-generation 130-nanometer and

silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process technologies. These new technologies

should enable AMD to continue to produce large volumes of AMD's most

advanced microprocessors."



"AMD Fab 30 employees have flawlessly executed an aggressive production
ramp

while achieving exceptional results," said Hans Deppe, vice president and

general manager, Fab 30. " We're looking forward to reaching 100%

production capacity at Fab 30 by the end of the year from our present level

of approximately 60% while using the most advanced technologies."



AMD Saxony represents one of the largest projects in Germany by a U.S. based

company, with total investment approaching $2.3 billion by 2003. AMD

currently employs 1700 people in Dresden.





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and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory

devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking

applications.



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