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devices for FASL. The right of each company to use the licensed intellectual
property of the other with respect to certain products is limited both in scope
and geographic areas. For instance, AMD and Fujitsu have cross-licensed their
respective intellectual property to produce stand-alone Flash memory devices
with geometrics of 0.5-micron or smaller within the joint venture. Furthermore,
our ability to sell Flash memory products incorporating Fujitsu intellectual
property, whether or not produced by FASL, is also limited in certain
territories, including Japan and Asia (excluding Taiwan). Fujitsu is likewise
limited in its ability to sell Flash memory devices incorporating our
intellectual property, whether or not produced by FASL, in certain territories
including the United States and Taiwan.
Dresden Fab 30. AMD Saxony Manufacturing GmbH (AMD Saxony), an indirect
wholly owned German subsidiary of AMD, operates Dresden Fab 30 which began
production in the second quarter of 2000. AMD, the Federal Republic of Germany,
the State of Saxony and a consortium of banks are supporting the project. We
currently estimate construction and facilitization costs of Dresden Fab 30 will
be approximately $2.3 billion when the facility is fully equipped by the end of
2003. In
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K405, March 20, 2001