Spansion announced that it will reduce its reliance on foundry and subcontractors by approximately US$50 million per quarter in the first half of fiscal 2008 compared to the second half of fiscal 2007. Manufacturing efficiencies resulting in increased output in its Austin, Texas Fab25 and Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan-based SP1 fab are expected to allow Spansion to reduce its dependencies on outside foundry support, particularly for 90nm product, Spansion said.

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