ThaRemix/flickrAdvanced Micro Devices, one of Austin's largest tech employers, entered a new phase of its history today by announcing that it would split into two companies: one focused on designing microprocessors and the other on manufacturing them. The new manufacturing company, called the Foundry Company, will be a joint venture between AMD and two Abu Dhabi investment firms that have agreed to finance the building of a new chip factory near Albany, New York, and......