I guess they could have used contract manufacturing in the past to reduce shortages.
Wonder if bringing it in house will increase part availability?

http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/070502/1456396.html?.v=1

Maxim is buyer of Atmel's wafer fab
Wednesday May 2, 5:42 pm ET

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. said Wednesday it was the buyer in the sale of Atmel Corp.'s wafer fabrication facility in Texas that was announced on Tuesday.

Sunnyvale-based Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM - News) said it bought the Irving, Texas facility from San Jose-based Atmel (NASDAQ:ATML - News) for about $38 million.

The facility, located on approximately 39 acres, is comprised of approximately 622,000 square feet of clean room and office space.

Vijay Ullal, Group President at Maxim, said the purchase "puts us in an excellent position for future capacity requirements. It is capable of 20,000 eight inch wafer starts per month with the capability of expanding to over 30,000 wafer starts per month."


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