[Info-vax] Vaxes shutting off this week

[jo jimbo]

As a way to try out my old usenet access, and get my more realistic name 
back, I'd like to point out that Spansion has now filed for bankruptcy 
protection.  Took on too much debt.  My friends over there are now even less 
pleased than before.

Regards,  Jim

"blowhard27" <jgessling at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:85638566-ed96-4e05-af1b-306a532c7162 at v39g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 27, 4:53 pm, Bob Willard <BobwB... at TrashThis.comcast.net>
wrote:
> blowhard27 wrote:
> > I just spoke to my old friends at the chip factory, 700+ workers laid
> > off this past monday, fab shutting down. They were just completing
> > the last backup in preparation for turning off these systems. As I
> > remember it was 3 7000 class machines in a fddi cluster.
>
> > This particular case is not completely the fault of the current
> > economy. Competitive pressure and an increasing debt load were mostly
> > to blame. One can only keep a business running for so long based on
> > borrowing and hoping.
>
> > A sad day, for me at least, I had setup and tested and nursed that
> > configuration. My baby .
>
> > Regards, Jim
>
> Which fab? Where? Whose?
> --
> Cheers, Bob

I guess it's been long enough so I can say.  Spansion fab,
915 Deguine, Sunnyvale, CA.  Spansion is the name for the flash
memory spin off from AMD.  In the AMD days it was known as the
Submicron
Development Center (SDC) established 1988 when AMD started to
seriously
get into the processor business.  Currently all the processors are
made in
Dresden (AFAIK), and flash is produced in Austin and Japan.  20+ years
is a pretty respectable lifespan for this kind of facility.

Regards,  Jim