AMD Saxony Operations Unaffected by Dresden Flooding.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DRESDEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2002 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD) said today that its AMD 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. operations located in Dresden, Germany -- including production at the facility's Fab 30 plant -- continue to operate normally despite severe flooding across Germany's Saxony region. "Although much of the larger Dresden area is being affected by unprecedented floods, our production is running according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. plan and employee morale remains high," said Hans Deppe, vice president and general manager of AMD Saxony. "Because of the preventive controls built-in to our facility and the exemplary dedication of our workforce, we expect to continue to operate normally despite the conditions." AMD Saxony has its own on-site power plant, and remains accessible via the Dresden airport Dresden Airport (IATA: DRS, ICAO: EDDC), formerly known as Flughafen Dresden-Klotzsche in German, is the international airport of Dresden, Germany. In 2005, the airport served 1,788,800 passengers. and federal highways. AMD Saxony's operations, including Fab 30, are located high up on the rim of the river valley and have not been directly affected by the flooding in other parts of Dresden and surrounding areas. The company does not expect that operations will be impacted even if the local flood situation worsens. About AMD 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 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). AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. |
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