Intel to re-equip Fab12 for 300mm production
One of the first Intel’s announcements at IDF Spring 2003 was the intention to re-equip 200mm Fab 12 in Chandler, AZ into a new 300mm-wafer facility. This will require $2 billion innovations. Everything is to start in H1 2004, production being scheduled for launch for the late 2005. The fab will be producing 65nm chips at once.
After re-equipment Fab 12 will become the fifth 300mm fab owned by Intel. Currently 300mm wafers are made at Intel fabs in Hillsboro, OR, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Another 300mm production line will be launched in Oregon late this year. The Irish fab will start working in H1 2004.
The company has also announced plans to sell 524 acres of land in Texas. These were bought in 1997, but turned useless for the company.
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