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Intel Corp., the world’s largest maker of x86 microprocessors and supporting core-logic products, has announced announced plans to build a 300mm wafer fabrication facility in the coastal Northeast China city of Dalian in Liaoning Province. The $2.5 billion investment for the factory designated Fab 68 will become Intel’s first wafer fab in Asia and adds significant investment to Intel’s existing operations in China.

China is our fastest-growing major market and we believe it’s critical that we invest in markets that will provide for future growth to better serve our customers,” said Intel president and chief executive Paul Otellini.

Nowadays companies need to create business models that balance the markets where they receive revenues and where their production costs are. Currently Intel produces its microprocessors in Israel, Ireland and the United States, but a significant part of its revenue is coming from Asia, meaning that in certain situations the company may find itself in an uncomfortable position, as its arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices makes processors both in Germany and Singapore.

“Fab 68 will be our first new wafer fab at a new site in 15 years. Intel has been involved in China for more than 22 years and over that time we’ve invested in excess of $1.3 billion in assembly test facilities and research and development. This new investment will bring our total to just under $4 billion, making Intel one of the largest foreign investors in China,” Intel’s chief executive said.

Not since 1992 with the construction of Fab 10 in Ireland has Intel built a fab from the ground up at a brand new site. Construction on Fab 68 is scheduled to begin later this year with production projected to begin in the first half of 2010. Initial production will be dedicated to chipsets to support Intel’s core microprocessor business. Production capacity of the new fab are unknown.

“This is one of the major cooperative projects between China and the United States in the area of integrated circuits manufacturing in recent years. The project will further strengthen Intel’s leadership position in the semiconductor manufacturing in the world. At the same time, the investment in Dalian will have a positive impact to the regional economic development and the development of integrated circuits industry in the old industrial base of northeast China,” said Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission.

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HELLO EVERYONE!!
I know this isn't the subject & the right place but I have some intresting tidbits & info for you to enjoy with!!!

THE SPECS FOR THE UPCOMING nVIDIA GPUs
IS HERE!!!(provided to me by some unknown source...
I have some intresting information to youL:
nVIDIA is releasing their 8800 Ultra and 8950GX2 as well as other GPUs in the 8300,8400 and 8600 series on the 17 of April...prices and specs are as follows :

8950 GX2 (192 Stream Processors working at 1.70GHz)
Core Clock : 575MHz
Dual GPU design comprised out of two GPUs each of which has 96 SPs for a total of 192 SPs clocked at 1.70GHz..
640-bit memory bus (320bit*2)
96 TF/48 TA
Memory Size : 1280 MB GDDR4 Memories at 2.0GHz
160 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
8950GX2 comes with optional Water Cooling thogh water cooling won't be the retail version
The version of the 8950GX2 sold in stores will not have water cooling of any type!!!
price : 649 USD

PROS:
8950 GX2 will be 50% faster than a 8800GTX
CONS:
high PSU requirement and power consumption..
At 649 USD the 8950GX2 is VERY expensive

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8800 Ultra (128 Stream Prcessors at 1.80GHz)
64 TF/32 TA
Core : 650MHz/
768MB GDDR4 at 2.2GHz /105.6 GB/s memory Bandwidth
8800 Ultra will be 30% FASTER than a 8800GTX in real world apps & Video games
& optimizations to the core to allow higher clocks (Remember 7800GTX 512 ??)
price for an 8800 Ultra : 549 USD
NO WATER COLLING FOR 8800 ULTRA!!
Cons: prices might be higher due to low supplies.(supplies will get better overtime & prices will go down)
price:549USD
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8600 GTS Spes & prices:(G84)
midrange GPU.
80nm 300 million transistors at TSMC
64 Stream Processors at 1.65GHz
32 TF/16 TA
Core Clock at 675MHz
Memory Clock at 2.0GHz (1ns)
128 bit Memory Bus /256MB-512MB GDDR4/32 GBs Bandwidth
price : 229USD for 512MB version and 199USD for 256MB version..
pros: 8600GTS is 50% faster than a Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB in real world apps & video games..
Cons : narrow memory bus
pros: amazing performance & best bang for the buck!!! (8600 GTS 3Dmark2006 score is
6500 points in 1280x1024 res on a stock X6800 Conroe CPU)
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8600 GT Specs:(G84)
same as 8600 GTS just with lower clocks
64 SPs at 1.30GHz
Core at 540MHz
128 bit memory bus
Memory Clock :1.40GHz using 1.4ns 256MB GDDR3 memories
performance for an 8600GT: same as an X1950 XTX & 7900GTX..
Cons : narrow memory bus
price : 169 USD

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8500 GT Specs (Cut down G84)
48 Stream Processors at 1.20GHz
Core : 470 MHz
256MB GDDR3
performance : same as an 7900/7950 GT
cons: no cons for its class...
price 129 USD
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8400 GS (Cut-down G84) Specs
48 SPs at 1.0 GHz
Core at 400MHz
Memory at 1.20GHz
256MB GDDR3
performance: in the range of 7900GS
Cons: No cons for its class
price: 99 USD
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8300 GS (c G86) Spes
32 Stream Processors at 1.0 GHz
Core : 400MHz
128/256MB GDDR3
performance : in the range of a 7600 GT
price: 79 USD
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After the this product release the prices MSRP for the 8800 GTX will go down to nice 449 USD..While the price for the 8800 GTS will go down for an impressive 299USD for the 8800GTS 640MB version and 249 USD for the 8800GTS 320MB version...
[Posted by: Erik Larsson | Date: 03/28/07 03:46:47 AM]

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