Advanced Micro Devices said that it had entered a broad manufacturing alliance with the United Microelectronics Corporation.
Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 maker of microprocessors for personal computers, said today that it had entered a broad manufacturing alliance with the United Microelectronics Corporation, a contract chip maker.
The companies said they would build a chip factory in Singapore, and they formed a joint venture, called AU, to run the plant, which they expect to begin full-scale production in 2005. In addition, Advanced Micro said it had hired United Microelectronics, which is based in Taiwan, to manufacture some of its PC chips.
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