AMD Receives $683M for Dresden Plant

Cocooner writes "Infoworld has an article explaining how AMD received $683 million in grants from Germany and the state of Saxony for its next-generation microprocessor wafer facility. The new plant will be located in Dresden, adjacent to Fab 30 and will be called Fab 36. It will be the first AMD 300mm manufacturing facility."

Interesting ad combination on the article page

[Quila]

One MS ad telling you Linux TCO is higher than Windows and one from ZoneAlarm reminding you of all the security vulnerabilities you're going to have to guard against.

That's nothing...

[Dan East]

Just look at how many people work at the International Space Station.

Dan East

Re:Where WTO when you need it?

[Anonymous Coward]

Where a verb when you need it?

In other news....

[Anonymous Coward]

The German VP of AMD was assaulted by President Schroeder who, according tohis own explanation, was "trying to kiss his boots".

Re:AMD is a charity ?

[Selecter]

before the last quarter AMD had not made a profit in so long poeple were starting to wonder if they would ever get back in the black.

IF you want money grubbing execs, try Halliburton scheming with their best bud DICK Cheney to invade a country so they can rebuild it.

1. Look around for new target in War on Terrorism

2. DICK Cheney suggests Iraq. Bush goes "duh..OK"

3. Invade Iraq. Destroy everything. Make sure the oil ministry is the only safe building in Bagdad. Dont guard anything else, no matter how priceless.

4.?

5. Halliburton execs openly sneer, point, and laff at AMD and their pitiful attempts to make money. AMD cannot invade anyone! AMD has no power!

Fab 36

[VanillaCoke420]

So will 36 trendy gay men decorate the factory and have the workers wear something stylish?

Re:That's nothing...

[EggplantMan]

Not only that, but those jobs sure as hell ain't local.

Did nobody else do a double take?

[surprise_audit]

article explaining how AMD received $683 million in grants from Germany and the state of Saxony

I swear, the first time read that I thought it said AMD was being given the state of Saxony along with a pile of cash... Shouldn't be reading this stuff after working through the night, I guess... :)

Flamebait my ass. Explain this one, moderators.

[JonTurner]

Clearly, my understanding of what constitutes flamebait is much different from whoever happened to moderate this one! For my benefit, and the benefit of /.'s future posters everywhere, somebody please explain to me why my comments were considered "flamebait -1". I thought, if anything, it'd be regarded as insightful.

It's a simple fact that Germans are, by way of their taxes, subsidizing the cost of these chips -- Germany's government is giving huge amounts of money to AMD to establish their plant and that portion of the construction costs won't be charged to the non-German consumer.

What about that is flamebait? Or is anything even slightly anti-AMD (or anti-communism, for that matter) considered to be one of those "holy" topics that one is not allowed to discuss here?

Unless someone can explain this one, I'm going to have to assume the latter which simply makes the moderators intellectual cowards.

Re:Flamebait my ass. Explain this one, moderators.

[Flaming Death]

Hahahahah Intellectual cowards.. now theres a quote I will use. I love slashdot.. its like fatbabies.. but with people that think they know everything.. oh.. wait.. thats fatbabies..