Intel company already reported about its plans with respect to the building of factory in Vietnam for assembling and testing processors. It was assumed that the building will be completed in 2009, the area of this object will be 46 000 sq. m, and the number of personnel will reach 4000 men. This will be the first intel enterprise in Vietnam territory .
Yesterday appeared additional information about intel Vietnamese factory . Its building will start in the territory of Saigon during December in the present year. Now Intel already placed its office, where company representatives will solve different administrative and technical problems, connected with building. For example, Intel try to solve problem with the necessary power supply . Its own substation will be built for this. Furthermore, to the end of 2008 will be put three new power stations, and Intel also counts on them.
The factory building will be completed to the middle of 2009, and the mass processors production will start already during September 2009. In this factory will be 500 engineers, in to the end of 2009 their quantity will be twice larger . Intel will start to use this factory at full speed in three years, after which it will be possible to gather and test 600 mln chips yearly. The number of personnel will reach 4000 men.
Unfortunately, Intel already encountered some problems with the lack of qualified personnel's. Intel plan to solve this problem in two ways. First, Intel studied the search for personnel in advance, and candidates witch passed selection will be sent to other company factories for instruction. Intel is also assembled to help local universities to develop training program to prepare specialists of the corresponding profile. In collaboration with American universities , intel is assembled to open in the environments of future factory a technological college , which will prepare personnel for this enterprise. It can be opened already in 2008.
If market situation will be improved , in 2011-2012 intel can enlarge its production in Vietnam, after building additional factory for assembling and processors testing .