AMD’s FAB 30 is a large 'wafer FAB' for this international company. The project helped establish Germany’s silicon valley in Saxony, near Dresden.
The technical challenges with a factory that is etching semiconductors thinner than the wave length of visible light were further complicated by the fact that the decision making process needed to be distributed between Italy, Texas, California, Germany and Austria.
Nevertheless, the factory has been one of the crucial industrial buildings in the newly reunified greater Germany.