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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS, RUMORS
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Irish rumors are that Intel will hold off for a year on their promised updates to Fab14. The subcontractors, who were hired to do the refurbishing, are now saying they will not see any Euros from that project for a long while.
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HARDWARE
ANALYSIS
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Recently, Intel held a 22nm Manufacturing Update event in Munich, Germany. The company proudly presented the new Tri-Gate (a.k.a. 3D) transistor which will be the base for building Ivy Bridge CPUs.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Intel just announced that the company will invest $2.7 billion to invest in its Israeli Fab, in order to prepare it for 22nm production. At the same time, Intel is reopening its Fab 14 fab in Ireland.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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AMD Financial Analyst Day 2009 GlobalFoundries showed they were serious about ARM at TechCon3. On Wednesday, Doug Grose, CEO of GlobalFoundries, and Bruce McDougall, CFO, gave an update on their progress.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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The majority owner of GlobalFoundries [ATIC] announced that the group wants to acquire Chartered Semiconductor, Singaporean chipmaker. This move has more ramifications that one might think.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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The date is set. GlobalFoundries will officially start constructing $4.2 billion foundry in NY State on July 24, 2009.
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