Manufacturing, Competitiveness and Technological Leadership in the Semiconductor Industry

Overview

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the world's second largest producer of microprocessors, has announced its intent to build a new $4 billion-plus leading edge semiconductor foundry manufacturing facility in Saratoga County, New York as part of a joint venture with the Advanced Technologies Investment Corporation (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. When completed in 2012, the proposed manufacturing facility, currently known as Fab 4X, will be the most technologically advanced in the world and the largest leading edge semiconductor foundry facility in the United States.