- Intel bouwt nieuwe chipfabriek in Arizona, ter waarde van ruim 5 miljard dollar.
- Fab 42 wordt ’s werelds meest geavanceerde hoog-volume halfgeleiderfabriek.
- Nieuwe fabriek zorgt voor duizenden banen, tijdens de bouwfase en later tijdens de chipproductie.
Kontich, 21 februari 2011 - Intel zal ruim 5 miljard dollar investeren in een nieuwe chipfabriek in Arizona. Deze aankondiging deed Intel president en CEO Paul Otellini tijdens een bezoek van President Barack Obama aan een Intel-faciliteit in Oregon.
Achtergrondinformatie, fact sheets en beeldmateriaal zijn te vinden op: newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-1882.
Noot voor de redactie: hieronder volgt het volledige, Engelstalige bericht:
Intel to invest more than $5 billion to build new factory in Arizona
* Intel is building a new $5 billion-plus factory in Arizona.
* Fab 42 will be the most advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world.
* New fab will create thousands of construction and permanent manufacturing jobs at Intel’s Arizona site.
CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 18, 2011 – Intel Corporation today announced plans to invest more than $5 billion to build a new chip manufacturing facility at its site in Chandler, Ariz. The announcement was made by Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini during a visit by President Barack Obama at an Intel facility in Hillsboro, Ore.
The new Arizona factory, designated Fab 42, will be the most advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world. Construction of the new fab is expected to begin in the middle of this year and is expected to be completed in 2013.
“The investment positions our manufacturing network for future growth,” said Brian Krzanich, senior vice president and general manager, Manufacturing and Supply Chain. “This fab will begin operations on a process that will allow us to create transistors with a minimum feature size of 14 nanometers. For Intel, manufacturing serves as the underpinning for our business and allows us to provide customers and consumers with leading-edge products in high volume. The unmatched scope and scale of our investments in manufacturing help Intel maintain industry leadership and drives innovation.”
While more than three-fourths of Intel’s sales come from outside of the United States, Intel manufactures three-fourths of its microprocessors in the United States. The addition of this new fab will increase the company’s American manufacturing capability significantly.
Building the new fab on the leading-edge 14-nanometer process enables Intel to manufacture more powerful and efficient computer chips. The nanometer specification refers to the minimum dimensions of transistor technology. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter or the size one ninety-thousandth the width of an average human hair.
“The products based on these leading-edge chips will give consumers unprecedented levels of performance and power efficiency across a range of computing devices from high-end servers to ultra-sleek portable devices,” said Krzanich.
Fab 42 will be built as a 300mm factory, which refers to the size of the wafers that contain the computer chips. The project will create thousands of construction and permanent manufacturing jobs at Intel’s Arizona site.
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