According to the head of Irish Intel division, staff review is not associated with changes in the timetable for the transition to 14-nanometer process technology. According to him, Intel company will develop these technology standards, in accordance with the schedule without delay.
The same 14-nm process technology with FinFET-structures will be mastered at two factories in the U.S. . Current Intel employees upgrade gives confidence in the future. In addition to the Fab 24, the modernization of production with a view to the 14-nm products exposed and neighboring Fab 14 - the buildings are connected by air, even the transition to ensure the unity of the working space. In the modernization of Fab 14 will spend $ 500 million, after which the company will be able to process silicon wafers 300 mm in size.
Intel first factory in Ireland, built in 1991, is named Fab 10.