Zoals je zelf ook kan bedenken is dit goed voor de werkgelegenheid daar, verder zal na de investering Ierland in Europa tot een van de leidende High-Tech landen behoren. Met de investering wordt de produktiecapaciteit opgevoerd met zo'n 7900 vierkante meter tot zo'n 14900 vierkante meter. Als laatste was er ook nog te lezen dat ze bij de bouw rekening zouden houden met de mogelijkheid van 300mm wafers, hoewel in het begin nog 200mm wafers zullen worden gebruikt.
The $2.0 billion investment, which the government hailed as a massive vote of confidence in its technology policies, will add 1,000 jobs at Intel's European manufacturing site at Leixlip, west of Dublin, which currently employs 4,400.
The Leixlip plant produces high-performance Pentium III and Intel Celeron processors. Intel will have invested $4.5 billion in Ireland by 2003, boosting Ireland's ambitions to become a leading high-technology country within Europe.
Intel said the expansion project would add 50,000 square feet initially to the plant, with first production set to start in late 2001. In a second phase, an additional 85,000 square feet of clean room manufacturing capacity would be added. A spokesman estimated current capacity at around 160,000 square feet. He declined to estimate chip output.
The new factory will initially manufacture on 200-millimeter silicon wafers but will be capable of moving on to the next generation of manufacturing technology on 300mm wafers, Intel said.
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