| Intel gets OK for $2.5 billion China fab | |
| Mike Clendenin (03/13/2007 7:05 H EDT) URL: [url]http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198000380[/url] | |
| SHANGHAI — Intel Corp has won approval to build a $2.5billion, 12-inch wafer plant in northern China for CPU chip sets,according to a statement issued Tuesday from China's NationalDevelopment and Reform Commission.The plant would use 90-nanometer technology and produce 52,000wafers a month at full capacity, according to the NDRC, which isChina's top planning group. The plan calls for the fab to be in thecity of Dalian. Little more was known, but sources familiar with the project said an announcement is expected from Intel in the next few weeks. Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said, "We have announced no plans and will not comment on speculation of this nature." If true, the development could have wide-ranging impact on the USsemiconductor industry. The US government exercises tight control overthe export of advanced high-tech manufacturing techniques, and thatshould restrict Intel from using anything under 0.18 micron in China.Even its NOR flash is made on more advanced processes. Intel building a fab in China would signal a loosening of exportcontrol policy, and allow US semiconductor gear makers to increasesales to China. Yet such a development would also contradict a currentBush administration attempt to tighten export control policy in regards to China. In January, an official at the Dalian Economic Technological Development Zone confirmed that it was in talks with Intel. "It's not only for packaging," the official said, declining to offer more details. China is Intel's second largest market behind the US, so there is goodreason for the company to consider putting a plant here. Chipsets wouldbe a way to experiment with advanced production here. Currently, Intelalso farms out some of its chipset production to Asian foundries. Yet there is also good reason to be skeptical about such aproject. Rumors that Intel will build a chip plant in China havecropped up perennially for at least five years. Each time nothing hashappened, or the "advanced" chip making facility turned out to be achip packaging plant. Intel runs such plants in Shanghai and Chengdu. Long-time rumors have also held that Intel will build a plant in India. | |
原帖由 itany 于 2007-3-14 01:49 发表
据《华尔街日报》报道,Intel将在我国大连兴建一座大型芯片生产工厂,总投资约25亿美元。
据悉,该工厂将用于生产12寸晶圆,月产能52000块,而结合此前路透社的消息,该工厂会部署新的65nm工艺,而这也将是I ...
原帖由 littlebird 于 2007-3-14 03:34 发表
The claim is still unsubstantiated, and there are a number of difficulties associated with meeting such a goal.
First, U.S. trade regulations prohibit Intel from sharing technology with China pertaining to the manufacturing of devices with features smaller than 180 nm. These rules would need to be changed, or at least bent, in order to allow for the production of a 65 nm facility. Second, semiconductor fabs take years to build from the ground up, so by the time the facility was finished, 65 nm dual-core processors would no longer be "high-end." Third and last, given Intel's history in China, it is far more likely that the Chinese are hyping a project that will turn out to be another packaging plant. Meanwhile, China is Intel's second-largest customer, so it would make sense to build more manufacturing facilities in the country. Unfortunately, Intel has not yet commented on this development. Only time can tell whether this is just another rumor.
原帖由 itany 于 2007-3-14 01:49 发表
据《华尔街日报》报道,Intel将在我国大连兴建一座大型芯片生产工厂,总投资约25亿美元。
据悉,该工厂将用于生产12寸晶圆,月产能52000块,而结合此前路透社的消息,该工厂会部署新的65nm工艺,而这也将是I ...
中国批准英特尔在东北投建芯片厂
2007年03月14日08:28
中国国家发展和改革委员会(National Development and Reform Commission,简称:发改委)周二称,已批准英特尔(IntelCorp.)在中国东北城市大连投资建设一座总值25亿美元的芯片工厂。英特尔是全球第一大芯片制造商。
发改委在其官方网站上发布公告称,该工厂将生产直径为12英寸的90纳米晶圆,月产能为52,000块。
不过英特尔媒体关系部门管理人士Nancy Zhang拒绝置评,表示英特尔尚未就此发表任何声明。
分析师们称,在中国设厂拉近了英特尔与客户的距离,有助于其节约成本。也是中国在发展半导体行业上买进了重要一步。诸如合同制造商广达电脑股份有限公司(Quanta Computer Inc.,简称:广达电脑)等电子产品制造商纷纷将工厂迁移至中国大陆,目的是从大陆快速发展的消费市场,尤其是个人电脑及手机市场上获利,另外,在大陆设厂有助于这些公司降低劳动力成本。
英特尔建厂正值中国政府积极鼓励各行各业开发和采用高端技术之际。同时,英特尔仍在与高级微设备公司(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)争夺市场占有率。
美国一家市场研究公司iSuppli Corp.驻上海的中国研究部门负责人Byron Wu表示,若英特尔成功在华建厂,有助于该公司在与高级微设备公司的竞争中降低后勤成本,同时能够缩短英特尔与客户间的距离。
他补充表示,2007年中国芯片市场的整体规模将增长18%至20%,约为450亿美元,2006年的市场规模约为370亿美元。其中用于个人电脑的芯片收入占中国芯片市场全部收入的25%至30%。
英特尔目前在上海及成都设有芯片组装和测试工厂。不过这仅体现了芯片制造过程中的低端技术。
该公司去年12月份曾表示,将在五年内投资超过10亿美元用于扩大在印度的业务,其中包括扩建在印度南部城市班加罗尔的研发中心。
我们从美国政府获得了允许在2009年在中国使用90纳米技术的生产许可证,并允许今后升级。我们还没有就选用的技术作最后的决定,我们计划于2010年投产,届时将采用可允许在中国使用的最先进的技术。
原帖由 littlebird 于 2007-3-27 00:33 发表
转篇杨子的blog吧,题目是中国你还差的远
中国崛起了。一夜之间人们欣高彩烈了。人们几乎忘记了什么叫差距。年轻一代甚至认为我们的技术跟人家平起平坐了。不把日韩当一回事了,也不把老美当回事了。我们要造大 ...
原帖由 littlebird 于 2007-3-27 00:33 发表
转篇杨子的blog吧,题目是中国你还差的远
中国崛起了。一夜之间人们欣高彩烈了。人们几乎忘记了什么叫差距。年轻一代甚至认为我们的技术跟人家平起平坐了。不把日韩当一回事了,也不把老美当回事了。我们要造大 ...
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