“We have not changed our timing [regarding 450mm]. We are still targeting the second, latter half of this decade. We continue to see great value in 450mm: it brings tremendous economic value to everybody who participates in it. We continue to work with our partners, we are here part of the joint development program in New York, continuing to work on 450mm. We continue to work with our partners, especially TSMC and Samsung and we are still targeting the back half of this decade [as time for commercial production]. This is a long ten-year program when you really take a look at it. So I think you will get mixed signals throughout those ten years,” said Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel.Source: X-bit Labs
This summer Intel confirmed the beginning of construction of the fab D1X module 2. The new facility will be the world’s first semiconductor manufacturing factory processing 450mm wafers, which will be used primarily for development purposes and which will lead the way for the whole multi-billion dollar industry.
Intel: No changes to our 450mm roadmap
Posted on Thursday, October 17 2013 @ 14:52 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck