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05/07/08 - 04:48 PM EDT
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The processors will still be built with 45-nanometer circuits, and are designed to work with the newer generation of DDR3 memory, AMD said. Of course the announcements come at a time when AMD is considering overhauling its business model, and moving to an asset-light strategy in which a greater portion of the company's chips are manufactured by third parties. Earlier this week, rumors surfaced that AMD might use its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday to announce plans to break up the company, with one of the new entities outsourcing all chip fabrication. AMD's Allen said he had nothing to add to what AMD has previously said about the progress of its move to an asset-light business model. But he said that the asset-light strategy is not expected to have any effect on the line-up of server processors announced Wednesday. Shares of AMD were off 3 cents at $6.88 in extended trading Wednesday.
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