Asia Express - East Asian ICT
Intel's New Fab in China Kicks Off Production
October 29, 2010
Intel debuts the company's first semiconductor fab in Asia on October 26, 2010, according to the Global Times of China. Located in the city of Dalian, northeast China, the new plant covers an area of 163,000 square meters and hires more than 1,500 employees, according to the same source. It is reported that the construction of the plant began in 2007. The Dalian fab is valued at US$2.5 billion, and the fab is said to emphasis on chipset production, using 65-nm process technology, for notebook PCs, desktop PCs, and servers.