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AMD’s President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Mayer said during a
conference call with financial analysts to discuss first quarter
financial results that the company would start production at the 45nm
node in the summer of 2008, with shipments at volume levels in the
fourth quarter of 2008.
Products using the latest technology node would include quad core and
triple core microprocessors produced at mature yields from the summer
onwards.
AMD also announced a cut in capital spending for the
year as it struggles to stem six quarters of sequential losses and
return to profitability by the end of the year. Capital spending would
now be in the range of $900 million and be focused on the ramp and
capacity increases at Fab 36 and limited tool installs at Fab 38 for
its 45nm microprocessors.
The company also noted that it sold
a range of 200mm redundant equipment for $50 million in the quarter and
noted that it had approximately a further $400 million of assets,
including equipment and buildings that could be sold in the future.
200mm production was completely stopped in Q407, AMD executives said in
the conference call.