AMD says 65 nm chips due next month

BEING MORE than a tad evasive on the subject, AMD looks set to ship its first 65 nm products next month (October 2006). The company's more fixated about migrating an existing Fab from 200 mm to 300 mm wafers.

According to Toralf Gueldner, director of production at AMD's Dresden fabs, the company has been able to produce 65 nm products since June. This has been followed by 'full flow' this month [September 2006] and will be followed by serious 65 nm shipments in October.