Tuesday, June 14th 2022

AMD set to Open Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia in Early 2023

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TheLostSwede
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AMD's Malaysian joint venture, TF-AMD Microelectronics is in the middle of the construction of a US$452 million manufacturing plant on the island of Penang off the west coast of Malaysia. The facility itself is said to cover 139,000 square metres and is said to create some 3,000 jobs related to advanced semiconductor engineering. The new plant will bring TF-AMD's total manufacturing space in Penang to 210,000 square metres, as the company already has a prior facility on the island.

The plant will allow AMD to expand the chip packaging side of its business, something that is going to be key for many of its future products, considering AMD appears to be focusing on manufacturing a wider range of chips that are made up from multiple chiplets. The TF in the name stands for TongFu, which is a Chinese IC assembly and testing company that AMD has partnered up with in Malaysia. The current plant does everything from wafer sorting to wafer level chip scale packaging to final testing and AMD chips made in Malaysia would have been assembled here.
Source: The Edge Markets

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24 Comments on AMD set to Open Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia in Early 2023

#1
Space Lynx
Astronaut
Very good. Papa wants a Zen 4 and RDNA3 setup this winter. :rockout:
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#3
FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
Bomby569To close to China
Taiwan is even closer.
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#4
zlobby
By packaging they mean puting the chips in the trays and the boxes?
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#5
phanbuey
Chinese company, no thanks.
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#6
Kohl Baas
zlobbyBy packaging they mean puting the chips in the trays and the boxes?
Packaging =/= packing.

Packaging means "putting together" the parts of the CPU. DIEs, substrate, IHS...
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#7
zlobby
Kohl BaasPackaging =/= packing.

Packaging means "putting together" the parts of the CPU. DIEs, substrate, IHS...
Yes. I know. I just thought (at the time) it'd be funny joke. :D
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#8
Bomby569
They do sell chips without the boxes, for much cheaper, i wish that became a official thing, a official SKU. I don't need the box or the cooler.
I imagine for most people like me it's just a waste of paper, aluminium, copper and plastic... and money.
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#9
zlobby
Bomby569They do sell chips without the boxes, for much cheaper, i wish that became a official thing, a official SKU. I don't need the box or the cooler.
I imagine for most people like me it's just a waste of paper, aluminium, copper and plastic... and money.
I for one have a huge box full of unused stock coolers...
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#10
TheLostSwede
News Editor
Bomby569They do sell chips without the boxes, for much cheaper, i wish that became a official thing, a official SKU. I don't need the box or the cooler.
I imagine for most people like me it's just a waste of paper, aluminium, copper and plastic... and money.
AMD doesn't seem to provide coolers any more.
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#11
jeremyshaw
TheLostSwedeAMD doesn't seem to provide coolers any more.
I wish they didn't. My 5600G still comes with one. Waste of packaging space, materials, and money.
The few times I have recently sold off a CPU, the buyer requested it without the OEM heatsink. Not even asking for a discount on the sales listing, just not wanting the useless heatsink and the higher shipping costs from it.
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#12
TheLostSwede
News Editor
jeremyshawI wish they didn't. My 5600G still comes with one. Waste of packaging space, materials, and money.
The few times I have recently sold off a CPU, the buyer requested it without the OEM heatsink. Not even asking for a discount on the sales listing, just not wanting the useless heatsink and the higher shipping costs from it.
I guess it only applies to the higher-end parts then.
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#13
Space Lynx
Astronaut
TheLostSwedeAMD doesn't seem to provide coolers any more.
This is a good thing. People should at least buy a Arctic 34 Duo cooler for $30 bucks, or AMD should have included something like that and raised their price by $30... lot of waste though at end of day since so many people are particular about their own cooler.

I am glad they decided to go the Intel route on this one though.
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#14
thegnome
TheLostSwedeAMD doesn't seem to provide coolers any more.
Only for the >65w parts right?
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#15
Bomby569
TheLostSwedeAMD doesn't seem to provide coolers any more.
that's a good thing then, less e-waste, even for people in a budget there are cheap chinese coolers that are much better.
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#16
ixi
TheLostSwedeAMD doesn't seem to provide coolers any more.
As far as I know - around 5 years or even sooner they started sell their cpu's in 3 options.

1. Box, cooler, cpu.
2. Without box, but with cpu and cooler.
3. Just cpu without box.
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#17
Icon Charlie
Bomby569To close to China
I agree with you 100%. DR SU has been playing too close with China to the point I am thinking for IP safety going to look at INTEL. I've dealt with people in the Pacific Rim in Business. I do not like what DR. SU has been doing lately.
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#18
Tom Yum
Icon CharlieI agree with you 100%. DR SU has been playing too close with China to the point I am thinking for IP safety going to look at INTEL. I've dealt with people in the Pacific Rim in Business. I do not like what DR. SU has been doing lately.
You do know that Intel has three packaging/assembly plants in China itself? How is that a better IP risk than AMD having an assembly plant in Malaysia?
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#19
AceKingSuited
Tom YumYou do know that Intel has three packaging/assembly plants in China itself? How is that a better IP risk than AMD having an assembly plant in Malaysia?
It's not better and Intel and many other companies do the exact same thing. It's fear mongering because of the media narrative. Lots of made in China items are better than the American or EU products such as Tesla EVs, iPhones, TVs, laptops, computer components.
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#20
zlobby
Bomby569that's a good thing then, less e-waste, even for people in a budget there are cheap chinese coolers that are much better.
Eh, Wraith coolers are decent performers, quiet too. No need for other low-end Chinese e-waste.
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#21
Bomby569
Icon CharlieI agree with you 100%. DR SU has been playing too close with China to the point I am thinking for IP safety going to look at INTEL. I've dealt with people in the Pacific Rim in Business. I do not like what DR. SU has been doing lately.
it kind of makes no sense not do diversify, any problem in that region and we are back to the same place.
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#23
DeathtoGnomes
AceKingSuitedIt's not better and Intel and many other companies do the exact same thing. It's fear mongering because of the media narrative. Lots of made in China items are better than the American or EU products such as Tesla EVs, iPhones, TVs, laptops, computer components.
If this aint FUD, I dont know what is. Thats not true, Tesla has the best made EVs. :respect: Parts might be made in China, but many of the assembled end products still get the 'Made in USA' tag. Semantics.
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#24
TheLostSwede
News Editor
thegnomeOnly for the >65w parts right?
I think you're correct.
ixiAs far as I know - around 5 years or even sooner they started sell their cpu's in 3 options.

1. Box, cooler, cpu.
2. Without box, but with cpu and cooler.
3. Just cpu without box.
My R7 5800X didn't come with a cooler in the box.
Why_MePenang has like 16 McDonald's, some of them pretty bad a$$ looking, so it makes sense.

en.syok.my/lifestyle/penang-mcdonald-s-listed-among-franchise-s-30-most
Penang is really quite something to visit. We've been back several times, largely because of the food (but never McD), but it's also quite a nice place in general. It's not a place you go for a beach holiday though.
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