AUSTIN, TX-MAY 20, 2002-AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced
the company's Fab 25 manufacturing facility in Austin is in volume production of
advanced Flash memory devices. The Austin facility is benefiting from
significant capital investment to enable its transition from microprocessor
manufacturing to Flash memory production. The conversion is nearly complete with
the last microprocessor output planned for the third quarter of this year.
Flash memory is a critical enabling technology for a
wide variety of products such as cellular telephones, personal digital
assistants, telecommunications devices, and Internet and global positioning
systems. Flash memory retains information in the absence of power.
Fab 25 is producing 32 Megabit and 64 Megabit Flash
memory devices using 0.17 micron technology. The 0.17 micron dimension describes
the size of the smallest component within the Flash memory device. The facility
is currently equipped for high volume production of 0.13 micron devices. The use
of 0.13 micron technology is planned to begin by the end of the year.
"AMD's investment in Fab 25 will make the facility a
leading-edge Flash memory factory," said Bertrand Cambou, group vice president
for AMD's Memory Group. "This capability, combined with MirrorBit(tm)
technology, can deliver the lowest manufacturing costs for Flash memory devices
in the industry. The Austin fab is outfitted to carry us well into the future
and is a strategic asset that will serve the needs of the large and growing
wireless market."
AMD's MirrorBit(tm) architecture is a breakthrough
technology that doubles the density of standard Flash memory devices without
compromising performance or reliability.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the
personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing
facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and
Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices,
and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in
1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in
2001. (NYSE: AMD).
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