Intel Builds New Factory in China

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Intel today broke ground on its first 300mm wafer fabrication facility in Asia. The new factory, named Fab 68, will extend Intel's manufacturing leadership, while helping cultivate engineering talent, accelerate the growth of China's information technology (IT) ecosystem, and bring Intel's culture of environmental leadership to China. The $2.5 billion project is set to begin construction immediately and be operational in 2010. Fab 68 will cover 163,000 square meters of factory space and host a 15,000 square meter clean room.


"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."

"Intel's investment in Fab 68 comes at a time when Dalian's information technology industry is aiming to compete globally and become one of the top three IT clusters in China," said Dalian Mayor Xia Deren. "Fab 68 is not just bringing advanced chipset manufacturing to Dalian, Intel's presence will attract investment from virtually every segment of the IC industry, which in turn will have tremendous effect on the region's economy and industries. It is estimated that many suppliers are planning to follow Intel's lead and establish operations in Dalian. The cluster will help revitalizing the industries in China's Northeast region, and make Dalian rise to be one of the IT hubs in China."

Demonstrating its dedication to sustainable growth in Dalian, Fab 68 will be designed and built to minimize impact on the environment. "Intel has a long history of environmental leadership in our products and operations and we are applying the same world-class design and construction standards in Fab 68 that we apply everywhere in the world," said Kirby Jefferson, General Manager of Fab 68. "The design standards for Fab 68 meet Intel's high standards for environmental performance in all areas including water, energy and chemical waste management."

With its presence in Dalian, Intel plans initiatives aimed at developing the local talent pool. "Local talent development is a key component to our fab network strategy," said Wee Theng Tan, Vice President of Corporate Affairs Group and President of Intel China. "We're partnering with the Dalian University of Technology and the Dalian Municipal Government to establish the Semiconductor Technology Institute and donating a 200 mm wafer process line for training purposes. In the future, this Semiconductor Technology Institute will foster world-class talent for the IT industry in China and around the globe."

Intel investment in Fab 68 sets its total investment in China to close to US$ 4 billion. Intel has established two assembly and test plants in Shanghai and Chengdu, along with R&D centers and labs in Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere in China.

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[oldcrank]

Maybe nobody else cares, but Intel just lost a customer.

 

[Basard]

Why don't they train some AMERICANS to do this instead of some communists?

Will lead paint be included with all Intel CPUs shipped from china?

 

[Jess Stingray]

Intel CPU's will start getting rubbish benchies then: everything made in China breaks after a few days.

 

[effmaster]

Intel CPU's will start getting rubbish benchies then: everything made in China breaks after a few days.

Not really they last more like a week

anyways yeah they should build one here in the US because I will bet everyone a cookie that if this was built in the US it wouldnt take until 2010 shadedshuto be finished lol Intel oughtta consider that next time lol

Hard American labor for the win.
it has been statistically proven very recently by the UN that the US has the hardest workers in the world.

 

[DaC]

lol, as China copies everything... I guess we will see soon some "yntel" or "inteu" on market... "=]

 

[Basard]

Ya... The company my mother works for "Plexus" recently shipped a bunch of work to Mexico. Now they get a bunch of PCBs sent back up to the USA to from Mexico because they all need to be fixed.

Pretty soon America will consist of 2 types of people. One being people who own companies overseas, and the other being McDonalds employees--feeding these fat rich people.

 

[WhiteLotus]

at effmaster: how can the UN decide who does the most work? how can you possible equate jobs to effort required? because if it is effort anf labour then i would think that the chinese are the hardest workers. they make everything at the moment! 1 in 3 people in the world is a chinese farmer so all in all the chinese are working damn hard. as for the breakages then its not the fault of the maker it is the fault of the company not training the employees correctly to make it.

this is just an economical gain for intel cheaper labour = higher profits = more money to invest, this might mean better research if they pump the money into that department.

 

[KBD]

Ya... The company my mother works for "Plexus" recently shipped a bunch of work to Mexico. Now they get a bunch of PCBs sent back up to the USA to from Mexico because they all need to be fixed.

Pretty soon America will consist of 2 types of people. One being people who own companies overseas, and the other being McDonalds employees--feeding these fat rich people.

Well, i wouldn't go quite that far, but you get the idea. as we loose those manufacturing jobs they are suposed to be replaced by thr jobs in the service sector, however they are not being created fast enough and in the needed quantaties to replace the ones that were lost. economist on both sides are still debating this the merits of globalization even as we speak but it seems to me the general idea of globalization is good however, i don't like the way it is being implemented at the moment. Furthermore, i fail to see the point of pumping billions of dollars into the economy of our cheif rival on the global stage - China, if our corpiorations are going to invest overseas might as well do it in friendly countries, which don't have oppresive communist goverments and butcher their citizens like the chinese.

 

[WhiteLotus]

globalisation is a very good thing. after the war the US pumper money in the countires most effected after it. why? not out of the kindness of thier hearts but because then they could have a bigger market to both buy and sell produts. it was gain to them sevles. this is the same with china, the population of china is MASSIVE. imagine another however many people able to buy things that they couldnt before? GDP will go up for everyone, everyone benefits.

 

[KBD]

you can't really compare investment in China to the Marshall Plan after WWII. At that time we had to invest into Europe and Japan mainly to prevent them from being taken over by the Soviet Union,we had to help them rebuild quickly because we needed them as our allies to fight in the possible war against USSR. So those were mainly political and military reasons, investment in China is predominatly done because of economic reasons. My point is that we shouldn't invest in China because of those military and political reassons, while their economy is booming they grow stronger. And they have the largest population as you correctly pointed out,all of these things combined make them a very dangerous advesary.

 

[a111087]

they don't care about the quality, cheap work force is more important for them..

 

[WhiteLotus]

and why does everyone bring everything down to USA vs China???????????

china can own everybody tomorrow if they wanted to, all they have to do is rush everybody.

anyway back on topic its an economical move by intel to secure a higher profit, good on them maybe the chips will become cheaper.

 

[effmaster]

at effmaster: how can the UN decide who does the most work? how can you possible equate jobs to effort required? because if it is effort anf labour then i would think that the chinese are the hardest workers. they make everything at the moment! 1 in 3 people in the world is a chinese farmer so all in all the chinese are working damn hard. as for the breakages then its not the fault of the maker it is the fault of the company not training the employees correctly to make it.

this is just an economical gain for intel cheaper labour = higher profits = more money to invest, this might mean better research if they pump the money into that department.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1405942007

See for yourself and if you read deep enough Asia has lower productivity rates than the US does so that speaks volumes to me as to why Intel should still consider the US

Oh and also ARTT dont expect those less expensive chips for quite some time considering the factory wont be finished being built till 2010 and lord knows how many years it will take before the researchers stationed there start producing actual chip designs lol
id say itll be a good 5 years before we see anything productive out of this factory but thats just my opinion

 

[jocksteeluk]

China is Americas biggest creditor, if China pulled its wealth out of the American economy America would be frigged but as per usual the gutter press and gutter television media in America doesn't point that out to people.

 

[WhiteLotus]

fair enough eff you have a point with the production times. but hardest working labour is found in the primary level of economics - the fishermen, miners, farmers and the like. i think there are alot more of those types of people in china than the USA. the USA is a service based country (tertiary), same as the UK. The UK relies heavily on its banking services for its growth each year and investment from other countries.

and thank you jock - this is the point i was trying to make earlier and failing hugely it seems. economics now more powerful than people think. all media fails to point out alot of things.

 

[Weer]

Now our CPUs will have LEAD in them!

 

[jocksteeluk]

Now our CPUs will have LEAD in them!

actually all pc components have to be lead free these days, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

[effmaster]

actually all pc components have to be lead free these days, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.

I don't think were allowed to have lead in our smoking pipes either

 

[Zero Cool]

I never knew americans hated china so much, thats suprising

 

[jocksteeluk]

I never knew americans hated china so much, thats suprising

it isn't America it is the easily manipulated minority that are given the platform to broadcast their dislike of certain things whilst people opposite are completely silenced by the biased gutter press and media.

 

[WarEagleAU]

I would say Mexicans, and no Im not being stereotypical or racist, are the hardest workers. Americans take huge pride in their work, demand good pay to meet the rise in prices, good health care coverage and dental plans for their families and their well beings and a nice commute, plus other things. Corporations are getting too greedy to supply this. Companies that are successful in the US (toyota down here in AL for example) know how to keep workers and not lose anyone. If all companies followed such examples, we wouldnt be shipping jobs overseas or to Mexico. <End RANT>

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

intel jsut lost another customer .. i dotn want anything from china from my mothers friend nearlky died in a great wall vehicle make in china ... nearly died at a low speed collision ... me nuh want no friend from china

 

[jocksteeluk]

intel jsut lost another customer .. i dotn want anything from china from my mothers friend nearlky died in a great wall vehicle make in china ... nearly died at a low speed collision ... me nuh want no friend from china

China is currently America's best friend, if it wasn't for Chinese wealth and investment in the US economy America right now would be bankrupt. Despite the fact that this Fab is to supply Asia and to secure the foreign investment in the US economy which without the continued Chinese investment could lead to a massive recession caused which other reason besides an apparent misguided dislike of China? i have to say the above quote unless it is a joke is just a silly reason to dislike and scorn an entire nation of people especially when that country when that country is propping up the entire US economy.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

im not american ...

and i thoroughly dislike shoddy products. why should i spend my money to be brought closer to death? or in this case spend my money on something that will prolly explode in my face. this whole media explosion of stuff that apparently has no quality control has been know to me quite a long time now, they make their infreiror products and flood a market, making it next to impossible for someone to find quality stuff, becuase to the merchandizer, he gets more turnover and more profit of these cheap shoddy things.

I live in a third world country that is a dump site for china's crap so i KNOW.