AMD Confirms 32nm Yield Issues at Global Foundries

[BladeVenom]

Market cap is a mere $4.25B!?

That's a buyout target, even if to just take private.

So what are you suggesting? An Anandtech group buy? Time to move this to the Hot Deals section?

 

[frozentundra123456]

OMG! 9 whole months behind! What calamity!! Surely it's the end of the world!

Actually, as someone else posted, I was incorrect and it is more like 20+ months behind. But never mind, some people insist on minimizing or ignoring AMDs weaknesses and problems no matter what. I dont see how any objective observer can not admit that Intel is far ahead of AMD in process development and foundary capacity. I mean they are almost ready to go to 22nm, and AMD is still trying to sort out 45 and 32 nm.
:I roll my eyes too!!:

 

[Genx87]

Did they shift some capacity to TMSC? It would help explain the drought of supply of their high end GPUs over the summer.

 

[BlueBlazer]

AMD has a lot of patents too. Could make more money patent trolling than making chips

Like OPTi?

Market cap is a mere $4.25B!?

That's a buyout target, even if to just take private.

Any candidates? I'm not seeing IBM or Oracle up for the take. :hmm:

Actually, as someone else posted, I was incorrect and it is more like 20+ months behind. But never mind, some people insist on minimizing or ignoring AMDs weaknesses and problems no matter what. I dont see how any objective observer can not admit that Intel is far ahead of AMD in process development and foundary capacity. I mean they are almost ready to go to 22nm, and AMD is still trying to sort out 45 and 32 nm.

You can also lay some of those responsibility on IBM who is AMD's joint process development partner (blast from the past, 45nm crickets >> Intel or IBM Transistor Breakthrough???). Its not easy trying to play catch up with a juggernaut... :hmm:

 

[lifeblood]

Any candidates? I'm not seeing IBM or Oracle up for the take. :hmm:

Bite your tounge, sir! I shudder at the thought of Oracle buying AMD. Suddenly all processors would double in price plus you would have a yearly per core support fee. CPU's wouldn't be so bad, but GPU's with all those stream processors...

 

[cebalrai]

AMD's stock has plummeted a staggering 13.66% on the Glo Fo news today.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

And the process lead grows and grows for Intel...

AMD is having problems with 45nm still, and Intel is deciding when to ramp up 22nm..

Not sure if serious. Their 45nm process is extremely mature.

Supply issues does not equal yield issues. The problem is that GlobalFoundries can't manufacture enough of them.

 

[guskline]

Not sure if serious. Their 45nm process is extremely mature.

Supply issues does not equal yield issues. The problem is that GlobalFoundries can't manufacture enough of them.

Suffice it to say this is not the type of news AMD needs or wants just before the scheduled launch of the Bulldozer chips.

 

[cebalrai]

Not sure if serious. Their 45nm process is extremely mature.

Supply issues does not equal yield issues. The problem is that GlobalFoundries can't manufacture enough of them.

A business news channel they didn't mention any 45 nm issues, just that AMD supplier Global Foundries "is having issues manufacturing chips at 32 nanometers".

They also remarked that demand for AMD's 32 nm chips remains high and that this is a short-term revenue problem. They remarked that low supply for your product is generally preferable to low demand for it.

 

[exar333]

5-15% yields on the A8 sounds atrocious.

 

[Idontcare]

5-15% yields on the A8 sounds atrocious.

Would also explain the power and TDP specs...they are opening up the binning limits to pretty much snag anything and everything that can be clocked with all 4 cores and SPs functioning.

Gives me much hope for the future as when the process does mature we can expect to see lots of room for improvement in the spec's and capabilities of entire SKU's.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Would also explain the power and TDP specs...they are opening up the binning limits to pretty much snag anything and everything that can be clocked with all 4 cores and SPs functioning.

Gives me much hope for the future as when the process does mature we can expect to see lots of room for improvement in the spec's and capabilities of entire SKU's.

Also explains why AMD decided to pay GlobalFoundries for working wafers only instead of all wafers

 

[podspi]

Also explains why AMD decided to pay GlobalFoundries for working wafers only instead of all wafers

And why GF agreed to such strange conditions (for the industry) in the first place...

 

[trollolo]

i wonder if i could buy the defective wafers? those things would be pretty awesome just to have

 

[Kalessian]

You might have to settle for these

 

[drizek]

So what are you suggesting? An Anandtech group buy? Time to move this to the Hot Deals section?

Have you seen the "how much have you spent at newegg" thread? I think if we just pool our resources, we can make it happen, and it might end up saving us money versus having to pay retail for all our CPUs.

 

[drizek]

You might have to settle for these

A 300mm Nilla wafer would be pretty awesome too.

 

[Ancalagon44]

I really need some oversized coasters. Those wafers would be great.

 

[trollolo]

You might have to settle for these

what is the yield % on those?

 

[drizek]

what is the yield % on those?

Depends on how hungry the QA people are.

 

[SHAQ]

And the process lead grows and grows for Intel...

AMD is having problems with 45nm still, and Intel is deciding when to ramp up 22nm..

AMD should head straight to nanotubes. It's their only chance.

 

[trollolo]

i could really see nabisco getting into the market based solely on their % yield. and don't even get me started on their price points