Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2001/03/19/intel_cans_second_fab_expansion/
Intel cans second fab expansion
$500m plan postponed indefinitely
Posted in Channel, 19th March 2001 13:04 GMT
Intel has suspended its second fab upgrade in a week.
Having put a $2 billion expansion of its Leixlip, Ireland fab on hold until 2003, Chipzilla has canned a $500 million upgrade programme at its Hudson, Massachusetts plant, aka Fab 17.
Two parallel upgrades, costing $1 billion, at the same fab will continue. They will allow the plant to increase 0.18 micron production and introduce 0.13 micron production. ®