AMD gives Malta a surprise: Company shows interest in opening more factories during briefing on $3.2B chip fab proposal.

Byline: Larry Rulison

May 4--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Company executives for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. meeting in the Spa City to discuss the $3.2 billion computer chip factory planned for Malta announced Thursday that the company may be interested in opening a second, or perhaps third, factory in the Luther Forest Technology Campus.

The announcement came as other company executives attended the annual meeting in San Jose, Calif.

The news was a shocker unveiled at the Saratoga Economic Development Corp.'s annual dinner at the Saratoga City Center.

SEDC, after all, is the nonprofit group that is developing the Luther Forest Technology Campus, just a few exits south on the Northway.

So while AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz was on the West Coast fielding questions from shareholders upset with the chip manufacturer's recent poor performance, other AMD executives were here assuring locals …