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Intel To Convert 200mm Facility To 300mm
Intel plans to convert its 200mm Fab 12 to 300mm production. The facility is located in Arizona. Costs for the conversion project are estimated at $2bn. Construction work is due to begin in H1 2004 with production scheduled for late 2005. The converted fab will start up production on 65nm process technology.
Intel plans to convert its 200mm Fab 12 to 300mm production. The facility is located in Arizona. Costs for the conversion project are estimated at $2bn. Construction work is due to begin in H1 2004 with production scheduled for late 2005. The converted fab will start up production on 65nm process technology.
When completed, the converted Fab 12 will become Intels fifth 300mm fab. Intel currently has two 300mm fabs in operation - one in Oregon, the second in New Mexico. Two other 300mm facilities are under construction - another in Oregon is to begin operations later this year, and a facility currently under construction in Ireland is scheduled to begin operations in H1 2004.
Separately, the company plans to sell land in Texas that was bought in 1997 as part of a planned manufacturing facility. However, changes in manufacturing technology and current construction projects at existing Intel sites mean the property is no longer part of the companys future plans.
