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Intel On A Building Spree

Posted by Hemos on from the building-for-the-future dept.

Anonymous Cowherd writes "Intel will build two new facilities - a new chip plant and a new wafer plant. The new chip plant will be built in Kiryat Gat, Israel, continuing Intel's 30 years operation in the country. Intel already owns several facilities in Israel, both for R&D and for manufacturing. Previous developments of Intel Israel are the 8088 processor, MMX and the Centrino mobile platform. The new wafer plant will be built in an existing facility at Chandler, Arizona, and will feature 45nm technology - 1/1,333th the width of a human hair. The technology is two generations ahead of the current 90nm. Intel's Arizona operation includes production of the Pentium processor family and related chipsets."

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  1. Ah, Science Journalism! by Lord+Marlborough · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't you just love it when a number as incomprehensible as 45nm is finally put in a graspable framework such as 1/1,333 the width of a human hair? It's like the insight given by the statement that a mole of marshmellows would cover the US 512 miles deep.

    1. Re:Ah, Science Journalism! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      How else do you propose to give the reader a sense of scale? A number like 1,333 is fairly comprehensible. Now imagine chopping up a hair that many times along its length. It's more interesting than trying to visualize 45e-9 meters which tells you nothing more than "45 meters divided by ten 9 times."

    2. Re:Ah, Science Journalism! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Just because you understand 45nm doesn't mean that everyone does. Adding in information to give a sense of scale that people can relate to doesn't take away from the article in this case, so why hate on it?

      Most people can't comprehend 45nm, so providing the scale imparts understanding to some people that they wouldn't otherwise have.

  2. Globization... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So much for the Made In The USA sticker.

    1. Re:Globization... by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Give the "anti-semitic kneejerk retort" a rest would ya.

      "what a surprise: an article mentions a factory in Israel (the land mass, not the government/politics/controversies), and some asshole tries to rant his anti-Israel (and likely anti-semetic) politics" In case you didn't notice I was responding to someone lamenting the loss of a vibrant manufacturing base here in our country. My point that Israel is just another state in the union is valid, you're free to challenge that. But you haven't. Instead you resort to character assassination, nice job kid.

      You need to chill out and just quit with the knee-jerk accusations of anti-semitism, it has no place in this discussion.

    2. Re:Globization... by JanneM · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I agree it's off-topic.

      However, you imply that any critizism of Israeli politics or policy, or politics or policy connected to Israel, would be anti-semitic. That is BS. Israel is another sovereign state, and one that is democratic no less, and should be subject the same amount of scrutiny as, say, French, American, Russian or Japanese politics and policies. There is no perfect country and no perfect state anywhere in the world, and none that comes even close. But screaming "anti-semitism!" whenever shortcomings are pointed out certainly doesn't encourage discussion and doesn't help anyone redress them.

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    3. Re:Globization... by renoX · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Bah, this is a very weak historical claim.

      You and I are probably from Africa originally, so should we be able to go to Africa and establish a state here?

      Who care what occured milleniums ago? Only recent history matter.

  3. AMD Ads by Bryansix · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I like how there are AMD ads on the page about Intel.

    Also, I think the investment in Israel is a great idea. They are a strong ally and more investment will only help the cooperation.

    1. Re:AMD Ads by BTWR · · Score: 1, Insightful
      acts of atrocities against muslim people.

      I agree. How dare israel:

      -Blow up buses of innocent kindergardeners

      -Blow up a religious dinner, killing 57 people during a holiday

      -Blow up sbarros where non-soldiers live

      -Murder Olympic Atheletes, who have abolutely no policy-making credentials

      -Openly support terrorist organizations who openly say they want the other side "destroyed"

      Oops... my bad. That's the palestinians!

      (PS - extra credit! since isreal is such an evil country that won't let the "poor, poor" palectinians have a land, explain why there was no palestine between 1948 and 1967, when egypt and jordan owned the gaza strip and west bank, respectively?)

  4. Re:What about their plant in Colorado? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Do you mean this plant?

  5. Re:A global corporation by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "I don't believe that. I think this has to do more with that half a billion dollar grant Intel will be getting from the government of Israel and possible tax breaks."

    Tax breaks which would not be possible if the U.S. stopped financially (and militarily)supporting the State of Israel. So technically, the U.S. government through its foreign policy is supporting this outsourcing. However, considering the power of the pro-Israel political action committee(s), I doubt this will be mentioned the next time Democrats raise the issue of outsourcing against the President and his economic policies. Instead, they'll bash India and China (and score approval points while doing so in the polls) while approving the continuation of such aid that leads to virtual job losses amongst the tech community here in the States. And consequently, more American college students will elect for a major in physical education over computer sciences.

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  6. Re:What about their plant in Colorado? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I really, really wish people would get their facts straight. I used to work at the plant in Colorado about 5 months ago. I left, the plant is still there. in fact, they are currently expanding that facility right now.

  7. Re:A global corporation by chill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sorry, no.

    There are several U.S. military contractors, and even sectors of our gov't that are prohibited from using Checkpoint firewalls because Checkpoint is Israeli and closed source. Too much potential for abuse.

    This is just one example of many.

      -Charles

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