IT News & Technology update

AMD speed up the Production, to Cut down the Costs

AMD as the second world's largest producer of x86 processors a rough year, with the failed product launches and delays in the course of his roadmap. They face Lack of sales, which together with the loss of profit; the company was on the brink of bankruptcy. They have arranged the company policies, in order to survive and to provide the next generation of processors.

According to a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. analyst, the company announced plans to transfer more production in the next two to three months to reduce costs. The company earned 13 cents, or 1.9 percent, at $ 6.96 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The analysts of the company met in the last week CFO Robert Rivet. "AMD is still much on the drafting of a plan on the basis of assets," said analyst Tim Luke, immediately after the meeting. "Developing an advantage given the critical attitude is of strategic importance for AMD, the tensions on the balance sheet," he added.

The Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz argued that the company is working on the possibilities for reducing the expenditure of plans for the semiconductor industry in the (or fabs), because they cost the company about $ 3 billion for the construction and Equipment for the production. Ruiz has refused to reveal Advanced Micro Devices for the next steps, because by the "active smart strategy" could be its competitors in the market for processors (Intel) to undermine their plans for the company.

However, the analysts who participated in the meeting, it was determined that the manufacturer of the chips could even the sale of its investments in semiconductors, outsourcing or even the entire production to other companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

"We are looking for ways to the burden of our capital on our balance sheet through partnerships such as the ones we deal with IBM," said AMD spokesman Drew Prairie. "We are trying to do, the relationship with similar, but as in the manufacturing industry," says Wiese.

No Comment | Posted in » Advanced Semiconductor, Amd, AMD Athlon, AMD Chip, fab, outsourcing, Semiconductor Process, TSMC