Intel builds processor plant

By Huang Zhiling (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-26 10:23

CHENGDU: Intel Corporation marked the completion of its latest manufacturing facility in the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province yesterday.

Located in the Chengdu West High-Tech Industry Park, the new facility adds to Intel's existing 1-year-old chipset factory, which recently produced its 18.88 millionth chipset.

According to Chinese tradition, this number brings good luck and prosperity, said Paul Otellini, president and chief executive officer of Intel, in Chengdu.


Paul Otellini (left), president and chief executive officer of Intel presents the Chengdu factory's 18.88 millionth chipset as a gift to Li Chuncheng, Party secretary of Chengdu. [China Daily]

Otellini said: "The new, leading-edge facility will play a key role in Intel's global success, producing Intel's newest 65 nanometre (nm), multi-core processors."

The new facility will include a 65nm microprocessor assembly and test factory and a state-of-the-art training and conference centre.
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