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AMD‘s Dresden manufacturing operations rank among the most successful leading-edge semiconductor production facilities in the world. In the 300mm wafer manufacturing plant, Fab 36, AMD produces its microprocessor product portfolio using advanced 65nm and 45nm technologies. The former 200mm facility, Fab 30, is being transformed into Fab 38, a state-of-the-art 300mm facility, which will be ramped for production in 2009. At present AMD employs about 2,800 highly qualified engineers, technicians and specialists in Dresden.
The Dresden manufacturing site is one of largest international investments in Germany over the past decade. Total investment in the two facilities, Fab 36 and Fab 38, is approximately $ 6 billion. In addition, AMD has entered into industry-leading joint ventures AMTC and CNT: The Advanced Mask Technology Center (AMTC) focuses on the development and pilot production of next-generation lithographic masks. The Center of Nanoelectronic Technology (CNT) develops highly innovative process solutions based on 300mm wafer manufacturing.
The company has helped to establish the larger Dresden region as Europe's leading center of micro- and nanoelectronics with currently more than 44,000 employees in 1,200 high-tech companies and research institutions.
"This is a great day for us in Dresden. With the announcement of The Foundry Company, AMD Dresden becomes the cornerstone of a new global semiconductor manufacturing leader," said Dr. Hans Deppe, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, AMD Dresden. "We are entering an exciting new phase of our business in which we complete the 300mm expansion of Fab38 and fully unlock the potential of Dresden for the whole market to see.
Without a doubt, the creation of The Foundry Company will further strengthen the Saxony region as Europe's leading semiconductor cluster."