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Intel to reopen the Costa Rica factory to increase its production to 14nm
Intel has a wide range of products at 14nm, and that will stat that way for a while as they cannot produce enough on that node as the capacity of its existing factories exceeds demand. The company will to reopen its factory in Costa Rica in search of expanding production capacity by up to 25%.
Once opened, Intel will have four factories running (China, Malaysia and Vietnam) so it can manufacture more processors, chipsets, and other products manufactured at 14nm.
Costa Rica is located in North America. In order to increase the 14nm capacity, Intel has announced the reactivation of Costa Rica's packaging plant. Officials have stated that this plan is being implemented in phases, starting as soon as April and reaching the second milestone in August. After that, the Costa Rica factory will be the fourth factory to package and test 14nm processors. The first may be the Xeon processor, and the Core processor will be packaged here.
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#5766165 Posted on: 03/05/2020 02:01 AM
If Intel decides to invest cash to reopen factory, it will be on for a while. And workers will probably be contractors.
I don't think it will suddenly be closed and people cut. Professional industry doesn't work like that.
I'd hate to be the people who end up working there. Its a closed factory re-opening for an unknown amount of time, you know your job won't last. A job is a job sure just would be worried every day.
If Intel decides to invest cash to reopen factory, it will be on for a while. And workers will probably be contractors.
I don't think it will suddenly be closed and people cut. Professional industry doesn't work like that.
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#5766166 Posted on: 03/05/2020 02:04 AM
If Intel decides to invest cash to reopen factory, it will be on for a while. And workers will probably be contractors.
I don't think it will suddenly be closed and people cut. Professional industry doesn't work like that.
You're probably right, but my point really is that the people there already know intel doesn't want to refurb the factory to do anything more then 14nm as they already shut it down once. Intel could change their mind but i doubt it. So i'd give it 3-5 years and it'll be shut down again.
If Intel decides to invest cash to reopen factory, it will be on for a while. And workers will probably be contractors.
I don't think it will suddenly be closed and people cut. Professional industry doesn't work like that.
You're probably right, but my point really is that the people there already know intel doesn't want to refurb the factory to do anything more then 14nm as they already shut it down once. Intel could change their mind but i doubt it. So i'd give it 3-5 years and it'll be shut down again.
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#5766175 Posted on: 03/05/2020 03:16 AM
14nm probably won't be targeted at performance CPU, rather aimed for pre-built systems like office PCs, routers, NAS and other hardware where CPU speed is not crucial.
However, I have no idea how long Intel plans to keep 14nm around.
Next Comet Lake is still 14nm.
There no clear schedule for 7 or 10nm from Intel.
You're probably right, but my point really is that the people there already know intel doesn't want to refurb the factory to do anything more then 14nm as they already shut it down once. Intel could change their mind but i doubt it. So i'd give it 3-5 years and it'll be shut down again.
14nm probably won't be targeted at performance CPU, rather aimed for pre-built systems like office PCs, routers, NAS and other hardware where CPU speed is not crucial.
However, I have no idea how long Intel plans to keep 14nm around.
Next Comet Lake is still 14nm.
There no clear schedule for 7 or 10nm from Intel.
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I'd hate to be the people who end up working there. Its a closed factory re-opening for an unknown amount of time, you know your job won't last. A job is a job sure just would be worried every day.