Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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kpf, why should I be kidding? AMD announces that they are producing 90nm product at Fab 30 and that it is lower power than 130nm product. There does seem to be confusion over whether they've started production for sale or if this is still prototypes; since they state product will be available for sale in Q3 then if this isn't actual production then it is something very, very close. They actually use the words in active pilot mode, which is not defined in the article.

MUNICH, Germany -- U.S. processor and flash memory maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has begun using a 90-nanometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) manufacturing process at its Fab30 in Dresden, Germany, according to Thomas Sunderman, a director of manufacturing technology within AMD's corporate manufacturing group.

AMD expects commercial shipment of products made using the 90-nm process to begin in the third quarter, Sonderman said.
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The 90-nm AMD64 is in active pilot mode in Fab 30 and prototype parts are running in systems, Sonderman said.
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Sonderman said the use of SOI at the 130-nm process node had reduced processor power consumption to the 45-W to 55-W mark and that the shrink to 90-nm would produce an additional benefit.