14 DAY TRIAL // Intel may have hit a fairly nasty snag recently, what with all the chipset issues, but it is definitely not daunted by any of it, at least not enough to prevent it from going ahead with all its other plans, like building a new factory.
End-users keeping track of everything happening on the IT market will obviously know of all the troubles involving Intel's 6-Series Cougar Point chipset.
Since the problem affected all motherboards shipped until a certain point, the outfit decided to offer full refunds.
In the meantime, the Santa Clara, California-based company's other plans have progressed more or less without a hitch.
That said, it is revealed by a press release that Intel is now bent on building a new factory at its site in Chandler, Arizona, one that will made 300mm wafers, at least at first.
It will be designated as Fab 42 and will supposedly be the highest-volume and most advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world. For those interested, the chips built there will be based on the 14nm manufacturing process.
Of course, such a high-profile goal would not be possible without the money to back the plans up, so Intel intends to invest the full sum of $5 billion.
“The investment positions our manufacturing network for future growth. This fab will begin operations on a process that will allow us to create transistors with a minimum feature size of 14nm,” said Brian Krzanich, senior vice president and general manager of manufacturing and supply chain at Intel.
“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.”
“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,” added Mr. Krzanich.