AVL schrijft: "Wat doet AMD in Dresden? Iedereen wil dat wel weten, want er is nog niets verkoopbaars uit deze dure fabriek komen rollen. Wel heeft AMD kennelijk een hoop nieuwe machines besteld, waarmee ze koper-based Athlons kunnen maken":
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2000-- Applied Materials, Inc. has received an order for multiple Mirra CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) systems from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). AMD is expected to use the integrated CMP/cleaning systems to build its most advanced copper-based AMD Athlon microprocessor design. The Mirra systems are scheduled to be shipped this month to AMD's new state-of-the-art fab in Dresden, Germany.Hans Deppe, Geschaftsfuhrer and director of operations of AMD Fab 30 said, ``Fab 30 in Dresden is AMD's newest high volume manufacturing facility, where we will build some of the world's highest-performance microprocessors. We have used Applied Materials' Mirra CMP systems for our copper chip applications and expect its advanced process capabilities and high productivity to be a key part of our transition to smaller geometries and copper interconnect technology.''
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