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The chip business AMD has a record number of eight million Athlons and Durons have sold, hit yet the this quarter not from the red. There is however reason till optimism: the loss of 9.16 million dollars (10.29 million Euro) is much less awful then analysts played. For WJ Sanders, chairman of AMD, are the results the proof that the chip market at a recovery closed is.

The popularity of AMD-processors remains sit in the elevator. In the first three months of 2002 went there eight million of about the harnessed - an unicum in the history of the chip business. Processors see to therefore for three-quarters of the total volume of trade of 902 million dollars (1,013 billion euro).

But the fact, that it more Athlons and Durons sold became, will do not say that the financile plate it much better looks forward. Through the economic malaise in the pc-market and the competition with Intel is the profit per processor strengthen gone down. Compared with the previous quarter (October until December 2001) went down the volume of trade even with three per cent, despite an increase in the number sold processors.

AMD is however more than a processor producer. It is also a player on world level for flashmemorychips, a market that as much as strengthen below the busy state, among many because the sale of mobile telephones in the voorbije year stagnated. Also here Sanders hopes on progress: “There are draw that the flash crash Behind us is. For it second on each other next quarter became more reships meanwhile praise weak remained.” According to the senior official was the question the most large to high-end flashmemorychips and knows the mobile telefoniemarket meanwhile a recovery.

Thoroughbred
For the coming months, AMD says to expect many of new technologies and opfrissingen at existing chip families. The large notification becomes undoubtedly the introduction of Thoroughbred, the new 0,13-micronkern for the Athlon XP that already on CeBIT were shown.

The very same core finds also a spot in the newest mobile exports of the Athlon that Tuesdays launched became. With the change to the 0,13-micronschaal get the notebookchips at the same time also the label 'XP' with. The first two versions, a 1400 + and 1500 +, already a time are actual left to OEM. Shortly get they the company of 1600 + and 1700 + models.

There do not stops the offensively on the mobile market. In the near future, AMD will bring a counterpart for the Low Voltage Pentium III on the market. It would go round an adapted mobile Athlon XP-core with a low powerverbruik and packs in an uPGA-housing. The new chip would get in the first place a spot in compact and light notebooks from the higher price category.

Ultimately AMD will unpack also news in the flashmemorymarket with something. After the summer expects the business good to score with chips rested with MirrorBit, a technology that according to reports the capacities from memory chips doubled without performances to nought to do.,