& Industry Impact of This Proposed Joint Venture

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/49740c/the_ramifications) has announced the addition of the "The Ramifications of AMD's Manufacturing Spin-Off" report to their offering.

The report examines the impact of AMDs new “Smart Asset” manufacturing strategy that will involve the spin-off of the company’s manufacturing resources into a joint venture with an investment company representing the Emirate of Abu Dahbi.

The new strategy is the result of an underlying need to improve the company’s financial position and focus on its new strategy under CEO Dirk Meyer.

The move, however, is complicated because of a cross-licensing agreement with Intel, as well as the potential impacts on a broad number of other parties including AMD’s current process development partner, IBM, and AMD’s current foundry partners Chartered, TSMC, and UMC.

1. The move will improve AMD’s financial position and allow it to focus on developing more competitive products, but it does not eliminate the debt commitment.

2. Current AMD foundry partners are likely to lose business to the new foundry company from both AMD’s processor and graphics groups.

3. IBM will gain an additional manufacturing partner if it so chooses.

4. The move has no impact on Intel.

5. The move could pose long-term challenges to AMD if the company loses critical expertise in manufacturing process technology.

Key Topics Covered:

- AMD’s New Strategy

- The Company

- The Industry Impact

- The Challenges

- Analyst Take

- List of Tables

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/49740c/the_ramifications

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