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Report: Intel to announce new fab
Mark Lapedus
10/19/2010 1:59 AM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Reports are surfacing that Intel Corp. will announce a new fab on Tuesday (Oct. 19).
The new fab will be located in Oregon, according to The Oregonian. These reports can be seen here and here.
It’s unclear if the fab is a 300-mm plant or an R&D facility. Many believe it’s an R&D facility. Some think it’s a facility to explore both 300- and 450-mm technology. Intel, TSMC and Samsung are pushing the industry for 450-mm fabs, it was noted.
Intel has been constructing this facility for some time. When asked about those reports last month, a spokesman from Intel said: ''There are no announced plans to build any new fabs. These stories fall into the category of speculation. As you know we constantly do contingency planning but we’ve got nothing to say about speculation like this.''
The new fab will be located in Oregon, according to The Oregonian. These reports can be seen here and here.
It’s unclear if the fab is a 300-mm plant or an R&D facility. Many believe it’s an R&D facility. Some think it’s a facility to explore both 300- and 450-mm technology. Intel, TSMC and Samsung are pushing the industry for 450-mm fabs, it was noted.
Intel has been constructing this facility for some time. When asked about those reports last month, a spokesman from Intel said: ''There are no announced plans to build any new fabs. These stories fall into the category of speculation. As you know we constantly do contingency planning but we’ve got nothing to say about speculation like this.''
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yalanand
10/19/2010 4:15 AM EDT
Why is Intel rejecting the claims ? Anythign wrong if they announce that they are indeed building the fab ?
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Warren
10/19/2010 11:04 AM EDT
I figure Intel feels it best not to respond to a rumor if it's a couple of days ahead of reality, several months ahead of reality, or infinitely far from reality. It's a big company and there are probably lots and lots of rumors stemming from various motivations of the rumormonger. They also could probably spend a lot of unnecessary energy responding and then they'd be stuck since NOT responding to a particular rumor (after responding to others) would, to some, be considered a response in its own right.
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Kaiser Silicon
10/19/2010 11:10 AM EDT
Build, baby, build!!!
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daleste
10/19/2010 11:53 AM EDT
I expect that Intel will be looking seriously at 450mm for their next fab. They like to take the advange in the market early and have the cash to do it.
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Semiguru
10/19/2010 6:39 PM EDT
This may just be an Intel smokescreen to hide their $2.5 billion FAB they built in Dalian China and starting operation this month. In addition Intel invested another $ 1.0 billion in Vietnam to build a assembly/test facility there. More job creation in far away places while Silicon Valley semiconductor industry is dying.
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resistion
10/19/2010 10:03 PM EDT
Speculation-based articles are too vulnerable. Fortunately this time, not too far off the mark. But nothing exciting just where the 22 nm fabs are going to be, 2 in Arizona and 3 in Oregon.
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resistion
10/19/2010 10:20 PM EDT
Actually D1X start-up in 2013 is best suited for post-11 nm architectures.
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hm
10/19/2010 10:19 PM EDT
What will be cost of this new 450 mm fab? How much time do they need to build and go to full production? I wish it will reduct price for new Intel processors.
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Semiguru
10/19/2010 11:48 PM EDT
Some visionaries such as 'resistion' seem to have all the answers. When will the 10 pm (ISO picometre) 1000mm FAB be started I would like to know.
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resistion
10/20/2010 12:49 PM EDT
I'm just going by Intel's rhetoric. There's a good chance their tick-tock will be going rougher and more costly than before.
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