Intel Spends Big In Usa After Fiveglobal Fabs Go

摘要

In what will be seen as a major blow to the global semiconductor industry, Intel Corporation has disclosed plans to close five plants and reduce staff by at least 5000. The restructure of its manufacturing operations and aligning of its manufacturing capacity is being attributed to current market conditions. The company will consolidate and streamline some older capacity without impacting the deployment of new, leading-edge 45-nanometer and 32-nanometer manufacturing capacity.rnMeanwhile Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini has announced the company would spend $7 billion over the next two years to build advanced manufacturing facilities in the United States.rnThe company plans to close two existing assembly test facilities in Penang, Malaysia and one in Cavite, Philippines, and will halt production at Fab 20, an older 200mm wafer fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Ore. Additionally, wafer production operations will end at the D2 facility in Santa Clara, California. This will mark the end of Intel manufacturing in Silicon Valley. The actions at the four sites,rnwhen combined with associated support functions, are expected to affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide.