AMD Llano in short-supply until arrival of Trinity?

Posted on Monday, October 03 2011 @ 22:09 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes claims AMD's Llano APU is unlikely to be available in sufficient volume until the arrival of Trinity in 2012. The culprit are the poor yields of GlobalFoundries' 32nm process.
Supply of AMD's Llano APUs, affected by Globalfoundries's lower-than-expected 32nm yield rates, has been significantly limited and is unlikely to recover until the company's upcoming Trinity arrives in 2012, according to sources from motherboard players. When asked about the company's upcoming Trinity schedule, AMD Taiwan declined to comment on unannounced products.

AMD started suffering from Llano APU supply shortages in July due to the yield issues and the company originally expected the supply status to return to normal in September. However, judging from the current situation, the sources believe the company's supply volume is unlikely to meet client demand through the end of 2011. The sources estimated that the yield rate issue should be resolved in 2012, when Trinity launches.


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