Intel to build massive plant in Arizona, creating 4,000 jobs

2011-02-19 17:02:19 GMT+7 (ICT)

CHANDLER, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) -- Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini on Friday announced plans to invest more than $5 billion to build a new chip manufacturing facility at its site in Chandler, Arizona. It would create as many as 4,000 new jobs.

According to Intel, the new Arizona factory, which has been designated Fab 42, will be the "most advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world." Construction of the new fab is expected to begin in mid-2011 and is expected to be completed in 2013.

"The investment positions our manufacturing network for future growth," said Brian Krzanich, senior vice president and general manager of Manufacturing and Supply Chain. "This fab will begin operations on a process that will allow us to create transistors with a minimum feature size of 14 nanometers."

Krzanich said manufacturing serves as the underpinning for Intel's business and "allows us to provide customers and consumers with leading-edge products in high volume." He added: "The unmatched scope and scale of our investments in manufacturing help Intel maintain industry leadership and drives innovation."

While more than three-fourths of Intel's sales come from outside of the United States, Intel manufactures three-fourths of its microprocessors in the United States. The addition of Fab 42 will increase the company's American manufacturing capability significantly.

The company said that building the new fab on the 14-nanometer process enables Intel to manufacture more powerful and efficient computer chips. The nanometer specification refers to the minimum dimensions of transistor technology. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter or the size one ninety-thousandth the width of an average human hair.

"The products based on these leading-edge chips will give consumers unprecedented levels of performance and power efficiency across a range of computing devices from high-end servers to ultra-sleek portable devices," said Krzanich.

Fab 42 will be built as a 300mm factory, which refers to the size of the wafers that contain the computer chips. The project will create thousands of construction and permanent manufacturing jobs at Intel's Arizona site, according to Otellini, who said the company plans to hire 4,000 new U.S. employees in 2011.

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At least thats 4000 Americans that will have a job.

At least thats 4000 Americans that will have a job.

That's if there are no false I-9's filed.