Intel må känna av den svajande ekonomin men man är, med all rätt, inte rädda för att se framåt. Intels vd Paul Otellini har meddelat att chipgiganten satt i verket en tvåårs plan som ska mynna ut i nya tillverkningsfabriker i USA. Inte mindre än 58 miljarder kronor ska läggas på utveckling av nuvarande fabriker i Arizone, Oregon och New Mexico. Denna satsning kommer att öppna upp för 7000 nya välbetalda jobb och utgöra en respektabel del av Intels totala arbetsstyrka på 45 000 i USA. Fabrikerna ska fokusera på Intels kommande 32nm teknik som nu sägs dyka upp redan under 2009, i form av Westmere, tack vare stora framsteg med utvecklingen.
Läs mer om Intels 32nm-planer i pressmeddelandet;
Intel to Invest $7 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing Facilities
2-Year Plan to Focus on Leading-Edge Technologies
WASHINGTON–Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced the company would spend $7 billion over the next two years to build advanced manufacturing facilities in the United States. The investment funds deployment of Intels industry-leading 32 nanometer (nm) manufacturing technology that will be used to build faster, smaller chips that consume less energy.
The commitment represents Intels largest-ever investment for a new manufacturing process.
Intels 32nm Westmere processor
Were investing in America to keep Intel and our nation at the forefront of innovation, Otellini said. These manufacturing facilities will produce the most advanced computing technology in the world. The capabilities of our 32nm factories are truly extraordinary, and the chips they produce will become the basic building blocks of the digital world, generating economic returns far beyond our industry.
Intels investment will be made at existing manufacturing sites in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico and will support approximately 7,000 high-wage, high-skill jobs at those locations — part of a total Intel workforce of more than 45,000 in the U.S. Intel, while generating more than 75 percent of its sales overseas, carries out roughly 75 percent of its semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. At the same time, about 75 percent of the companys R&D spending and capital investments are also made in the U.S.
The technology used in Intels manufacturing process builds chip circuitry 32nm (32/billionth of a meter or about 1/millionth of an inch) across incredibly small, atomic level structures.
The first Intel processors to be built using this technology are codenamed Westmere and will initially be used in desktop and mobile mainstream systems. Westmere combines Intels latest high-performance micro-architecture (Nehalem) with graphics capability integrated into the processor. As a result, computer manufacturers will be able to increase performance and simplify system manufacturing compared to current systems. Outstanding 32nm manufacturing and product health are enabling Intel to accelerate the Westmere production ramp beginning in 2009. Additional 32nm products will follow in 2010.
Otellini will discuss the importance of new technology and investing for the future at 9 a.m. EST today during a speech at the Economic Club of Washington, DC. In addition, Intel executives will be on-hand at an event beginning at 10 a.m. PST in San Francisco to provide the worlds first public demonstration of a fully functional 32nm based device the first Westmere processor. Additional details on these events are available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
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