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Intel to open new chips plants

Building 20b of new facilities in AZ... Meanwhile they have a factory sitting empty here that they abandoned because of our insane tax laws. Thanks NM.
 
Building 20b of new facilities in AZ... Meanwhile they have a factory sitting empty here that they abandoned because of our insane tax laws. Thanks NM.

That's good for me. Lots of my product goes into one of those fabs.

I watched the interview with the new CEO on CNBC, and he's a big talker with lots of corporate world buzzwords. We'll see if they can turn the ship around, but the problem is that there is a chip shortage now, and it takes a minimum of two years to build out a fab.
 
That's good for me. Lots of my product goes into one of those fabs.

I watched the interview with the new CEO on CNBC, and he's a big talker with lots of corporate world buzzwords. We'll see if they can turn the ship around, but the problem is that there is a chip shortage now, and it takes a minimum of two years to build out a fab.

I used to do tool hook up design. I have a glimpse into the world. That's a huge ship to turn.
 
As someone who is in the Semiconductor Maintenance field this is good news. I hope it's not the beginning of the end for Intel as it once was.
 
neat.

CCP fucks themselves again, hopefully AZ and OR don't rape intel out of those states in a decade

I imagine AZ was the choice because Oregon has gone full communist much California. I guess AZ must have stepped up to compete with TX on taxes. The commie states are going to have a hard in the coming years to attract new businesses.
 
I imagine AZ was the choice because Oregon has gone full communist much California. I guess AZ must have stepped up to compete with TX on taxes. The commie states are going to have a hard in the coming years to attract new businesses.

Plus we've got a nuke plant nearby, so electricity is relatively cheap.
 
That's good for me. Lots of my product goes into one of those fabs.

I watched the interview with the new CEO on CNBC, and he's a big talker with lots of corporate world buzzwords. We'll see if they can turn the ship around, but the problem is that there is a chip shortage now, and it takes a minimum of two years to build out a fab.

Majority of the assembly line machines and equipment comes from over seas.

I'm happy for the build, it will employ a lot of trades in construction, but once the construction is done, it is really automated, and doesn't take as many people as you would think.
 
I used to do tool hook up design. I have a glimpse into the world. That's a huge ship to turn.

Well they are still near twice the size of TSMC, and they are notoriously difficult to work with. If you want an appointment with them, it could take months or even years, but if they want you on site, you better drop everything and head on over. The big takeaway from the CEO interview was that they will be doing contract foundry work for other mfgs.
 
Majority of the assembly line machines and equipment comes from over seas.

I'm happy for the build, it will employ a lot of trades in construction, but once the construction is done, it is really automated, and doesn't take as many people as you would think.

That's somewhat true, but Fab 42 employs over 10,000 workers so it's not nothing and they also re-tool every few years and usually tear the old buildings down to the 'studs'. Intel is the largest employer in Chandler by over 3x. There's lots of jobs because of Intel.
 
Not surprising given their other recent expansions. Hopefully it goes better than their attempts to get into GPU manufacturing have gone.
 
Not surprising given their other recent expansions. Hopefully it goes better than their attempts to get into GPU manufacturing have gone.

Well considering they announced 7nm chips would be to market by 2021, and now have pushed it out to 2023, I'd say they have some issues.
 
Building 20b of new facilities in AZ... Meanwhile they have a factory sitting empty here that they abandoned because of our insane tax laws. Thanks NM.

Yep our legislators are always willing to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. They have been trying for years to kill the oil and gas industry
 
Building 20b of new facilities in AZ... Meanwhile they have a factory sitting empty here that they abandoned because of our insane tax laws. Thanks NM.
Sounds like their Folsom campus and building #8... a very nice foundation:lmao:

Well considering they announced 7nm chips would be to market by 2021, and now have pushed it out to 2023, I'd say they have some issues.
When did you see this? I kept reading that 10nm for real production keeps getting pushed out... thus they have the latest CPU version that they had to backport from 10nm to 14nm++++++++++++++:homer:
 
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