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zachig
06-26-2006, 11:49 AM
Intel Corp. inaugurated a factory Thursday that manufactures the semiconductor company's newest chips, using an industry-leading technology that allows computers to work faster using less energy.

Chief Executive Paul Otellini officially opened the Fab 24-2 plant in Leixlip, west of Dublin, Intel's major manufacturing base in Europe since 1989. The plant, which began production three months ago, joins similar facilities in two U.S. states in making Intel's most efficient microprocessor, the chips that run computers and other electronic devices.
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Kougar
06-26-2006, 08:52 PM
Hm, I didn't post this, but Dailytech also has a brief article on this, with mentions of Intels future plant plans... You'd think from reading it Intel has 99% of the CPU market with all their plans to open new plants. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2998 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2998)

zachig
06-26-2006, 09:05 PM
Hm, I didn't post this, but Dailytech also has a brief article on this, with mentions of Intels future plant plans... You'd think from reading it Intel has 99% of the CPU market with all their plans to open new plants. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2998 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2998)

They wish...:twisted: AMD Rulez!!! :mrgreen: