IBM having problems at Fishkill.

[PC-Engine]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...38&e=1&u=/nm/20030717/tc_nm/tech_ibm_chips_dc

 

[Grall]

I fail to see what relevance this has to anything console-related.

*G*

 

[London Geezer]

Stop making posts which do nothing to contribute to a thread. If you have issues with someone then either pm him/her or pm one of the moderators with those issues.

 

[nonamer]

The plant's only losing money; no mention of manufacturing problems. Thus, I see no connection between this and anything that was talked about on this board in past few month.

 

[V3]

The disappointing start at the IBM plant is likely to reignite debate about whether IBM should be in the business of making semiconductors for other companies, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi said in a research note on Thursday.

I hoped they don't stop, IBM provides good competition for others, to advance processes, etc.

 

[Panajev2001a]

That would mean that some considered to stop allowing thrid parties to rent thatfab, which probably they will not do once AMD and nVIDIA dollars arrive

 

[overclocked]

New G5.

 

[asicnewbie]

http://www.siliconstrategies.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=12800155 - Heard on the Beat: IBM's foundry yields climb

You heard it from asicnewbie...My name should convincingly reassure you that this rumor must be fact!

Seriously, new foundries and fablines experience growing pains. The fact that IBM's foundry suffered a setback should not alarm anyone -- it's not out of the ordinary.

It's funny how IBM's yield supposedly climbed after IBM dropped low-K dielectrics and switched back to the more conventional FSG (higher-K.) Seems like IBM learned only recently, what TSMC and NVidia discovered a while ago...