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IBM foundry customers suffer feeble first silicon results
Five per cent, it ain't that good
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14087
THE FOUNDRY arm of IBM Electronics is failing to produce successful .13µ (micron) silicon with run rates of only five per cent, according to Electronics Weekly.
Reeves did not say which customers were getting the low yields, or elaborate on the reasons why. IBM's customers include Nvidia, AMD, and most recently Via.


--- So, all the crowing the fanboys have been doing about how great it is to have IBM as a foundry. Yeah, I can see IBM's High Volume capabilities. I guess Elmer, or was it wbmw who predicted that IBM is good for small production runs, but would have High Volume problems was right after all. And actually their nvidia statement seems to now be untrue......


http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14131
IBM difficulties cause Nvidia shift back to TSMC
Poor results from Big Blue so far
DIFFICULTIES IN translating Nvidia and other chip makers' designs into silicon has caused the graphics giant to shift production back to TSMC, Digitimes is reporting.


--- Well at least nvidia was smart enough to have read ibm's past history of foundry services, and realize the smart thing to do. I was a little worried about the AMD/IBM Process alliance. Silly me.

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