Intel China Foundry to Start Operation in 2010
US chipmaker Intel Corp. is said to have gained approval from the US government to use the 65nm silicon process technology in its Dalian-based chip foundry. The saying was confirmed by Xia Deren, mayor of Dalian, a coastal city in East China’s Shandong Province, where the US chipmaker won a nod to build its first foundry in China last year. The construction of the foundry has been almost completed and it is expected to start operation in early 2010, revealed the mayor.
Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, set up foundries in developed countries only in the past. It was allowed to use 90nm silicon process technology in China when it first gained approval from the US government to build a foundry in the nation. Xia believed that Intel would make an effort to improve its chip production technology in China gradually. Currently, the state-of-the-art silicon process technology is 45nm.
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