Intel spends $9 billion on 45 nanometre fabs

Sidney · 1st October 2006, 18:01

WHILE AMD IS introducing 65 nanometre quad-core Barcelona (Intel code-name: K8L) samples into mass production, Intel is building three 45 nanometre fabs: D-1D in Oregon, Fab 32 in Arizona and Fab 28 in Israel.
The combined investment for these three Fabs is worth well over $9 billion, which gives you some reasons why Chipzilla has to fire between 10-12,000 employees worldwide. Some canings will come from gutting marketing and sales people worldwide coupled with India, while Oregon R&D will lose folk too.

Sidney · 1st October 2006, 18:04

The power of having money; the letting go of 10-12k employees is to make more or a warning to the remaining staffs to work harder.

1st October 2006, 19:23

I think it is neither a warning nor is it just to save costs, it's to improve the relation of marketing and R&D.

Intel has realized that their marketing does not sell products but their engineers do by making superior products.

Intel is leading the mobile market because it was superior in the critical area of energy efficency. AMD has taken over the desktop market because it was superior in the critical area of performance.

1st October 2006, 18:01	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Intel spends $9 billion on 45 nanometre fabs WHILE AMD IS introducing 65 nanometre quad-core Barcelona (Intel code-name: K8L) samples into mass production, Intel is building three 45 nanometre fabs: D-1D in Oregon, Fab 32 in Arizona and Fab 28 in Israel. The combined investment for these three Fabs is worth well over $9 billion, which gives you some reasons why Chipzilla has to fire between 10-12,000 employees worldwide. Some canings will come from gutting marketing and sales people worldwide coupled with India, while Oregon R&D will lose folk too. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

1st October 2006, 18:04	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The power of having money; the letting go of 10-12k employees is to make more or a warning to the remaining staffs to work harder. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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1st October 2006, 19:23	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	I think it is neither a warning nor is it just to save costs, it's to improve the relation of marketing and R&D. Intel has realized that their marketing does not sell products but their engineers do by making superior products. Intel is leading the mobile market because it was superior in the critical area of energy efficency. AMD has taken over the desktop market because it was superior in the critical area of performance.