AMD Plans 32nm CPUs for Q4 2009

[exfileme]

Globalfoundries said that it plans to take on 32nm orders by third party customers in Q4 2009.

AMD Plans 32nm CPUs for Q4 2009 : Read more

 

[Xajel]

It's Bulk silicon not SOI, AMD needs SOI 32nm to produce thier CPU's

plus, in the fourth paragraph ( Globalfoundries and other IMB partners are expected to produce the 32nm chips by Q1 2010. ) can you just write IBM instead of IMB 😀

 

[joejamesatou]

Yawn. Taking order in Q4 2009/Q1 2010 means nothing that we can buy until Q2 2010. Very deceiving title. By that standard Intel will have 32nm CPUs for Q2 2009!

 

[megamanx00]

Well, assuming Intel doesn't win in court anyway. I'm guessing that AMD will probably have to pony up some cash to hammer out a new deal with Intel.

 

[B-Unit]

'Germany and Dresden'

Umm, Dresden is in Germany.

 

[scarpa]

Yes hopefully AMD will win that law suit with Intel or else the advancement in CPU industry will stop and we all will have to buy game consoles instead of PCs after that, I'll miss my PC.

 

[lamorpa]

Maybe they can use their plants in France and also Paris?

 

[Mucke]

Poor article:

AMD Plans 32nm CPUs for Q4 2009

Here is the interview. First of all we are talking about bulk, not SOI. So this is interesting for GPUs but not CPUs. Next, they say

Our goal is to enter 32nm production by the end of 2009, with a combined capacity of 50,000 wafers per month.

Their can be a huge difference between "entering production" and mass production. Giving that formulation the HD5xxx-cards should be TSMC again, but that will be interesting to watch.

plants located in Germany and Dresden

As some German guy I can guarantee you that Dresden is in Germany 😀

 

[cruiseoveride]

lame

 

[thepinkpanther]

i want 32nm duel cores!, i want to overclock the poo outta them

 

[rambo117]

[citation][nom]thepinkpanther[/nom]i want 32nm duel cores!, i want to overclock the poo outta them[/citation]
damn... stock clock of 4GHZ @1.2V
😀
i'll take one

 

[MosportMike]

Why is everyone so pissed off that AMD has finally got their act togethor after getting rid of the poor leadership they used to have?? This is all great news for the entire enthusiast community as competition is good. When AMD is producing the best cpus (one day they will again) you all will be buying them. They are gaining market share as we speak.

 

[lamorpa]

[citation][nom]thepinkpanther[/nom]i want 32nm duel cores!, i want to overclock the poo outta them[/citation]
I think that you will get better performance if you use 2 (dual) cores, not have 2 cores dueling with each other. It wastes lots of cycles.

 

[Guest]

Goodness this article is terrible,. The combined capacity will primarily be 45nm. As other have mentioned the "taking orders" cannot be CPU's because who makes CPU's? (Intel, AMD) The foundry doesn't need to take orders from AMD (it's in the contract) and I'm pretty sure Intel will not be using the foundry for it's CPU.

The 32nm production mentioned here is the bare Si process which will be a lower performance process and will not be making CPU's. When the foundry gets around to 32nm SOI (late 2010/12011) then that will mean 32nm CPU's.

Also your quote on the NY fab is ALSO WRONG. At FULL CAPACITY/BUILDOUT it will be capable of ~30-35K wafers/month, BUT NOT IN 2012! (Hint - look at AMD's own analyst day foils)

Is there anything in this article the author managed to get right?