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AMD ESTABLISHES LAB IN JAPAN

TOKYO, Japan - Sunnyvale-based chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc has opened a new engineering lab in Tokyo to work on designing chips for mobile devices.

The new facility - the Japan Engineering Laboratory - will work on designing chips for small notebook computers and for other consumer electronic and communication devices that require low power, the company said in a recent statement.

AMD said it plans to hire 15 to 20 engineers over the next 12 to 18 months to work at the Tokyo design center.

INTEL RECALLS FAULTY PC CHIPS

SAN FRANCISCO - The Intel Corp. has recalled an unspecified number of chips it had shipped to computer and motherboard makers after finding a manufacturing flaw that could lead a computer to malfunction.

Virtually all of the faulty chips are in the hands of PC and component makers or in Intel's own inventory, and only a "very small number" are with individual PC owners, Intel spokesman Bill Calder told reporters. "We think we got to it before it had a chance to get out broadly in the public."

The chip - which Intel had code-named Grantsdale - is shipped in tandem with the Pentium 4 microprocessor and provides support functions for peripherals and computer memory. Grantsdale was officially launched by Intel last month. 
 
The company declined to specify the number of chips affected by the flaw, or whether the move would have an impact on the company's bottom line.

The flaw was caused by a failure to etch away part of a thin film deposited on the chip during the manufacturing process, Calder said.

He said the company has corrected its manufacturing process and is currently shipping Grantsdale chips without the bug.

CALIFORNIA MICRO ANNOUNCES PACT WITH SANYO

MILPITAS - California Micro Devices has entered into a wafer supply agreement with SANYO Electric Co. establishing the Japanese company as a high-volume manufacturing site for California Micro Devices' Application Specific Integrated Passive devices and analog semiconductors.

The move expands the wafer capacity available for building the company's products designed for the mobile, computing and digital consumer markets, the company said.
 
The two companies have worked closely in transferring California Micro Devices' proprietary ASIP(TM) manufacturing processes to SANYO. California Micro Devices' products will be built at SANYO facilities in Gunma and Niigata, Japan.

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