In the long run the Foundry, or should we say AMD in disguise, has to think about 32nm, 22nm and ultimately 15nm manufacturing.

In the recent publicized presentation, The Foundry Company has told the world that they plan to bring 32nm, 22nm and 15nm in both bulk and Silicon on insulator at some point. No timeframe was given at the present time.

The Foundry is almost ready for 45nm, but we are sure that you won't see 32nm and especially 22nm that soon. The incredibly small 15nm, 300 mm wafer process is something you can expect in distant future.

If we use the logic that it takes two years to transition from a process and that the New York state, Malta town-based fab should start manufacturing in 2012 at 22nm, you can imagine that 15nm might be ready by 2014. Talking about 2014 plans from AMD's position and in the period where the global economy is on its knees is as certain as putting all your money on 19 red on a roulette at the Bellagio.

All these processes will be powered and supervised by IBM, a long-term technology partner of AMD and interestingly enough 32nm, 22nm and 15nm processes will produce both bulk and SOI wafers so both CPUs and graphics should be possible.