Who makes the chips in AMD processors?

Fand

Who makes the chips in AMD processors? I've just read a claim that AMD is the world's second-largest manufacturer or chips. Processors, yes, but chips???

Gavin

I think that they are referring to the chips as being processors...


Gav

JustHalf

JP Simplot has got some worrying to do now!

Yep. In this instance, chips = processors and various other one (chip) devices (like motherboard chipsets, etc).

Fand

So who makes their chips? (Though from the way their figures are going, looks as if they've had them.)

JustHalf

Well, they have a fabrication plant in Dresden? Like Intel do in Leixlip? And a processor is a type of "chip", and the former can be used as a synonym of the later?

Do you know now?

po0k

There's that factory in Dresden, Germany. makes the chips to 0.13 micron standard.
The yank's one made the origional 0.18 micron Athlon.
I think.
But the Cache RAm (I'm guessing) isn't made by AMD
They design the processors. Anyone could theoreticlly make em with the plans if they wanted. If they also happend to have a silcon doping plant handy......

JustHalf

Well, with the Thunderbird, Duron, Morgan and Palamino cores, the cache is on die (on the chip itself). So given that AMD make the processors, they must therefore make the cache.

I think it was off-die with the original Athlon cores though (not sure).

Gerry

AMD make the chips/processors/flash memory in their various fabrication plants. Fand, explain what you mean by processor, and then what you mean by chip. Surely you meant the same thing?

SantaHoe

Hmm, this raises an interesting question:
Daddy or chips?

Fand

Mmmm, daddy or chips. I suppose what I'm talking about as the chip is the little dot of silicon, whereas the processor would be th'actual machine, about 2" square... hmmmm..... but maybe that's just a holder for the chip, which *is* the processor.... hmmm.... yeah, maybe. See what you mean.

JustHalf

No, Fand. That is the mount for the processor, but the entire package is often called the processor or chip - primarily because you get them all in one package.

Balfa

ffs. when people say chip they mean silicon integrated circuit inside plastic packaging, unless they state otherwise. This is a stupid topic. go read http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.yb?term=chip and don't post here anymore.


Btw, AMD make everything in an AMD "chip".

flamegrill

i believe that AMD stands for "Advanced Micro Devices" and they make all kinds of electronic devies for all sorts of products.

But they make "chips" ie the Athlon chip and the Duron chip. they also make motherboards and have chipsets to support there own processors.

Fand

You're not the boss of me, Balfa. Or of yourself, it that's how you mind your mouth.

_CreeD_

Lads FFS, if you're going to be sarcastic just don't bother replying.

Balfa

um, right, fand.

btw flame, AMD don't make the boards, just the chipsets