From our front-page news:
Intel has announced plans to open up Fab 68, a 300mm wafer fabrication facility in Dalian, China. This major fabrication facility will cost $2.5 billion, effectively bringing Intel's total investment in China to $4 billion. Once construction completes in 2010, it will offer 163,000 square meters of factory space and a massive 15,000 square metre clean room.
Of course this is not the first fab that Intel has situated in China. Along Fab 68 will be two current fabs in Shanghai and Chengdu along with other R&D centers scattered around China. With this new launch, Intel hopes to become even closer to achieving the goal of being one of the top three IT clusters in the Country.
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"The scope and scale of our global manufacturing network gives Intel the ability to provide customers with leading-edge, energy-efficient products in high volume," said Craig Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation. "Fab 68 will have world-class infrastructure and be an integral part of our global manufacturing network while bringing us closer to our customers and partners in China."
Source: Intel Press Release
Of course this is not the first fab that Intel has situated in China. Along Fab 68 will be two current fabs in Shanghai and Chengdu along with other R&D centers scattered around China. With this new launch, Intel hopes to become even closer to achieving the goal of being one of the top three IT clusters in the Country.
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"The scope and scale of our global manufacturing network gives Intel the ability to provide customers with leading-edge, energy-efficient products in high volume," said Craig Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation. "Fab 68 will have world-class infrastructure and be an integral part of our global manufacturing network while bringing us closer to our customers and partners in China."
Source: Intel Press Release