AMD Breaks Ground for Dresden Manufacturing Facility.DRESDEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 1996--AMD today broke ground for a $1.8 billion (DM2.9 billion) semiconductor manufacturing facility and design center in Dresden, Germany. The groundbreaking ceremonies in the community of Wilschdorf marked the beginning of site preparation during which nearly 500,000 cubic meters of soil will be moved prior to the start of construction in April 1997. The facility is scheduled to be operational in late 1998. "This AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. investment demonstrates that Saxony Saxony (săk`sənē), Ger. Sachsen, Fr. Saxe, state (1994 pop. 4,901,000), 7,078 sq mi (18,337 sq km), E central Germany. Dresden is the capital. will be successful in the international competition for location of high-technology manufacturing facilities," said Dr. Kajo Schommer, minister of Economics and Labor for the State of Saxony. "This facility represents another important milestone in the restoration of Dresden's historic leadership in technology," said Dr. Herbert Wagner, lord mayor of Dresden. "We are proud that AMD has chosen Dresden of the site for its newest production facility." "Today we begin the process of turning vision into reality," said Jack Saltich, vice president, AMD European Microelectronics Center. "Fab 30 will provide important, state-of-the-art production capacity for microprocessors and other advanced logic products." Saltich noted that when the facility is completed and fully equipped, it will employ approximately 1,200 people in manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. and another 200 in the design center. "We believe Dresden is the right place for this facility primarily because it is the right place to attract the skilled and dedicated workers who are essential to its success," Saltich concluded. AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices See PLD. , and products for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, CA, AMD had revenues of $2.4 billion in 1995 (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD). WORLD WIDE WEB: Press announcements and other information about AMD are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Type http://www.amd.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt. -0- Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CONTACT: AMD John Greenagel, 408/749-3881 john.greenagel@amd.com |
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