AMD expanding chip orders to TSMC

Looks like things are picking up for AMD, they recently expanded its 40nm chip orders to foundry house Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and is hoping to secure all new capacity from TSMC's 12-inch fab, Fab 14's phase 4 facilities to solve the shortage issue, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Since strong demand for AMD's new 40nm Zacate and Ontario CPUs has caused supply for the two processors to tighten in both Europe and the US, plus AMD is preparing to push the APUs into China in March, the company has been aggressive resolving the shortage issue as well as building its inventory levels, the paper added.

Check out our APU Zacate review here.