Given the reported "Asset light" strategy that AMD may be adopting it should come as no surprise that AMD may be considering outsourcing its processor production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Digitimes reports that it heard from industry sources that TSMC has already started testing procedures for a silicon on insulator (SOI) manufacturing process so that it could potentially produce AMD Fusion CPU's.

Such outsourcing could lead to AMD selling some of its manufacturing assets, the proceeds of which could be used to rebuild its war chest and pay down its debts - a lot of which were incurred in the ATI acquisition.