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AMD doesn't have a chip fab - they are fabless now.
by WoodenChair 11y ago
AMD doesn't have a chip fab - they are fabless now.
- monksy 11y agoOh wow. Is there a good reason for this?
- snuxoll 11y agoMaintaining a fab when you can't justify enough orders for chips to keep it running around the clock is expensive. As part of the spinoff they had penalties because they weren't purchasing enough wafers from GF anyway, but it resulted in less bleeding than owning and managing it as a subsidiary.
- mgo 11y agoThey're broke and they need at least $750MM to $1B in the bank to operate effectively as a company.
- warrenm 11y agoAre you sure? Global Foundry is owned by AMD, no?
- _delirium 11y agoNo, it was spun off. AMD initially retained a minority stake, but sold their remaining shares a few years ago.
- ajdlinux 11y agoNeither does IBM as of last year - all IBM POWER chips are fabricated by GlobalFoundries.