From the Press Release:
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AMD Will:
Have an exclusive supply agreement with The Foundry Company, with limited exceptions, to manufacture AMD processors and to manufacture, where competitive, certain percentages of other AMD semiconductor products. |
Now THAT is interesting. So TFC already has a huge client to get them started and the facilities which were sitting idle can now be used for additional clients. In addition, ATI could possibly move their own manufacturing away from TSMC into facilities owned and operated by its parent company. On the other hand, I don't think any of the foundries are geared for sub-45nm manufacturing.