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Intel makes early moves for more fab
The company says it has begun talks with the planning authorities in Israel, Ireland and Oregon about extending capacity at those sites.
The inetention is that construction could begin at those sites next year if market conditions require it.
‘Having additional fab space at-the-ready will help us respond more quickly to upticks in the market and enables us to reduce our time to increased supply by up to roughly 60 percent,’ says Intel.
PC OEMs are complaining about a shortage of Intel CPUs which is also affecting the DRAM and NAND markets.
‘This year, we raised our capital expenditures forecast and put that money to work expanding our 14nm manufacturing capacity to increase supply,’ says Intel.
Intel’s 10nm process is not, of course, slated for introduction until the end of 2019.
The inetention is that construction could begin at those sites next year if market conditions require it.
‘Having additional fab space at-the-ready will help us respond more quickly to upticks in the market and enables us to reduce our time to increased supply by up to roughly 60 percent,’ says Intel.
PC OEMs are complaining about a shortage of Intel CPUs which is also affecting the DRAM and NAND markets.
‘This year, we raised our capital expenditures forecast and put that money to work expanding our 14nm manufacturing capacity to increase supply,’ says Intel.
Intel’s 10nm process is not, of course, slated for introduction until the end of 2019.