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To: fingolfen who wrote (132815)	4/18/2001 12:08:53 PM
From: semiconeng	Respond to of 186894

You would know better than I, but I thought that Intel had indicated they were building a second 300mm fab in New Mexico (and a third in Ireland, but that has been pushed out until the 0.10 micron technology). F22 in Az I thought was ALWAYS just going to be 200mm 0.13... Fingolfen The New Mexico Fab is actually an expansion to the existing Fab11-Fab7/9 facilities that are already in place. I haven't heard of any suspension of that work, but that facility is expected to start producing "In 2002": intel.com My understanding of the Ireland Facility, is that it is not scheduled to come on-line until the 2nd half of 2003: intel.com As far as the Fab22 site, my understanding is 0.13u/200mm is the current plan, but considering it will be the next intel state of the art MegaFab to come on line, I have a feeling it's future should almost certainly include an eventual transition to 300mm..... Down the road, of course...... So all this talk about intel having to "idle Fabs" is way overblown (By..... Guess Who). My impression is that the heavy main focus is on 200mm/0.13u, and the 300mm is a "Nice To Have" addition for longer term cost reduction purposes. Seems like a good plan to me, to have D1C perfect the 300mm Process for now, produce whatever they can, and have F22 improve the 0.13u process. Then when the expected turnaround happens next year, you'll have almost 1 year of 300mm Engineering improvement, and >1 year of 0.13u Process Improvement, and then the 300mm will be ready to start cranking. :-) Semi