AMD may not be able to cooperate with Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor

AMD may be forced to give up some of the production transferred to Singapore's chartered plan, because the German government believes that this kind of technology can be used as a military and civilian. November 2004, AMD and semiconductor manufacturing company announced a microprocessor supply and production technology licensing agreement. According to a three year agreement in early 2006, Chartered Semiconductor will begin production of 64 bit processor for the AMD build their own factories, that is to say, AMD company's future chip sources in addition to Dresden in Germany (Dresden) Fab 32 and Fab 36 will build another foundry base.

With the Chartered semiconductor foundry business in Singapore, suggesting that the expansion of the company's AMD model through the foundry capacity and its own construction plant compared to the strategy does not require expensive investment, do not take a huge risk. Under this agreement, Chartered Semiconductor will get permission to use the AMD's automated precision production (APM) software suite and become another manufacturer of AMD64 microprocessors.

Since it may not be able to transfer the 65 nanometer technology to licensed semiconductors, AMD managers may revise the plan. The move could cost Germany 1000 jobs, and many government departments oppose the plan, but Germany's Security Council is the strongest. It is said that Premier Schroder's office has said that AMD will receive a license for the transfer of technology, but the time may not be long in the office of Schroder, the future Prime Minister may have new ideas.