Beijing - US Giant Chip Intel tell say that they will build a $ 2,5 billion factory in China, a big potential moment in way of the Asian giant to become the high technological manufacture power. The integrated Wafer factory, named Fab 68, will become the first factory which of kind from Intel in Asia, bringing sophisticated technology to country that famous with low end factory status in the world.
" We possibility will produce the most sophisticated technology under our license policy from US government in this time," president And CEO of Intel, said Paul Otellini in Beijing.
The factory at begin, in north-east town of China Dalian, will focus at standard chip for the computer even Intel do not close the possibility step by step will going to more sophisticated technology.
" Opportunity to do the other product is wide opened so we will learn it when market and various governmental regulation is change ," said Otellini.
" Our Target is to make the factory as cheapest chip manufactures in our network and able to test-drive the new technology and new manufacture technique to degrade our expense."
Build of Fab 68, that will produce integrated 300 millimeter wafer, scheduled will start in this year and will be start productive in first semester of 2010, said the company.
It is the first times since 1992, when Intel build the Fab 10 in Ireland, where the company start build the fab from early in location which really new, like reported by AFP.
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