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Intel has always fabbed its high-IP parts in the USA or strongly allied countries (Israel, Ireland). They will never put a fab in China because the Chinese wil
by stuckagain 10y ago
Intel has always fabbed its high-IP parts in the USA or strongly allied countries (Israel, Ireland). They will never put a fab in China because the Chinese will rip off all their IP. The fact that Intel has resumed construction of a half-completed facility in the same town where they make almost everything else is not really news.
- 40acres 10y agoIntel opened a $ 2.5B fab in China in 2010. There's also an R/D office there.
- stuckagain 10y agoIntel makes generic NAND memory on a 65nm process in that fab. That isn't the kind of IP anybody needs to steal.
- 40acres 10y agoGood point. The organization that runs fabs (TMG) is also notoriously tight lipped in regards to corporate security, I would image they assessed leak risk before opening the fab.