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Yields of AMD chips above 50 percent at Chartered |
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Mar 31, 2006 at 09:36 AM |
 AMD's first foundry partner, Chartered Semiconductor has already been able to produce fully working die with yields equal to or even better than those achieved at AMD, according to a March 15th report from Bear Stearns.
The reports authors said that yields were at 50 percent at Chartered's Fab7 but sometimes even better than those achieved within AMD's own fab! Furthermore, AMD would be receiving 2,000wspm by July 2006.
No reference was given to the process node the 50 percent yields were attributed to. The Bear Stearns report also highlighted that Chartered has brought forward some tool delivery dates to speed up Fab7 production ramp with 12,000wspm being possible in March and reaching 15,000wspm by mid-year.
The report estimated that about one-third of the revenues from Fab7 would come from the Xbox360 microprocessor orders, though these seem to be flat since ramping last year, staying at 5 to 6,000wspm.
The delay in Sony's PS3 could boost Chartered's business with IBM/Microsoft potentially adding more wafer runs this year, the report stated. Broadcom is also cited as a customer of Fab7 using 110-113nm processes.
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