Intel to build Europe's first 65 nanometer chip factory in Ireland

Local time on Thursday, the world's biggest computer chip maker Intel announced its manufacturing plant in Ireland established chip held completion ceremony, the new plant will use the most advanced chip industry in the 65 nanometer manufacturing process, the manufacturing technology of the chip can make the computer consumes low energy, and has run faster.

Intel CEO Paul - Otellini said, established in Ireland, Western Dublin Leixlip chip factory named Fab 24-2, here is the manufacturing base of Intel company in Europe since 1989 the main chip. The factory has started manufacturing the chip in the three months before, in order to meet the needs of production, manufacturing more more efficient processors, similar factories in the United States there are two efficient, these chips will run on a computer or other electronic device.

Intel said that the first 65 nanometer manufacturing process in the U.S. factory in Portland, Oregon, last year, has begun to manufacture the chip operation. Second plants in Chandler, Arizona, began operating earlier this year. Intel officials said that in three a 65 nanometer chip factory in Ireland, factory cost-effective, compared with the company's factories in the United States, the Irish tax is very low, where wages are relatively low.

Otellini said, Intel company in three factories using the most advanced 65 nanometer manufacturing process to produce large amounts of chips is beyond doubt, he said, to provide global computer and server in Intel's microprocessor, production of 65 nanometer manufacturing technology microprocessor has been more than half.

The 65 nanometer manufacturing process means that Intel can cover the size in a nail on the chip than the previous cluster more transistors, but Intel's main competitors in order to ahead of its AMD, in the development of this technology has invested a lot of manpower and money. The company also plans to launch more advanced 45 nanometer manufacturing process by the end of next year.