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FINDINGS ___________________________________________________________________
Devices, Inc. (AMD) welcomed the European Union (EU)
Commission’s approval of investment aid for its next-generation
microprocessor wafer facility, AMD Fab 36, in Dresden, Germany.
The Federal Republic of Germany and the Free State of Saxony are
providing investment allowances and investment grants of up to
approximately $545 million — the highest benefit possible under the
German grants and subsidy program. Hiring for AMD Fab 36 is
underway, and headcount for the new fab is planned to reach
approximately one thousand by 2007. AMD expects to invest
approximately $2.5 billion through 2007 in AMD Fab 36.
Construction of a new, dedicated 24-megawatt energy center has also
begun adjacent to the AMD fab. 19
DOD VISION
On October 10, 2003, Deputy Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz
outlined five goals for a “Trusted Integrated Circuit Strategy”: 20
Facilities identification
Product identification
Near-term solutions
Research initiatives
Healthy commercial IC industry
The task force agrees with the need for a strategy and with the
elements identified in Dr. Wolfowitz’s Defense Trusted Integrated
Circuits Strategy (DTICS) memo.
Based on the presentations and information it has received, plus
the experience of its members, the task force perceives that DOD has
a trusted foundry strategy that addresses its near-term needs.
However it has no overall vision of its future microelectronics
components needs and how to deal with them. Technology and
19. See Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Web site: http://www.amd.com/usen/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543%7E79105,00.html.
20. Memo from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, “Defense Trusted Integrated Circuits
Strategy”, dated October 10, 2003, Ref. U16619/03 - see Appendix C.
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