Intel to spend $8bn on 22nm fabs in the US
Intel is investing up to $8billion on future generations of manufacturing technology in its American facilities. The investment will allow 22nm processes to be rolled out in several existing fabs, as well as construction of a new development fab in Oregon.
"Today's announcement reflects the next tranche of the continued advancement of Moore's Law and a further commitment to invest in the future of Intel …," said Intel's president and ceo Paul Otellini.
Intel's new development fab – to be called D1X – is scheduled for R&D startup in 2013. Meanwhile, process upgrades are planned for Fab 12 and Fab 32 in Arizona and D1C and D1D in Oregon.
Intel's first 22nm microprocessors, codenamed 'Ivy Bridge', should be in production in late 2011.
