It won't have escaped your notice that Intel has been in the news a lot recently, either talking about its. It's certainly been very busy, though, building all kinds of new facilities for making processors, as well as expanding its research laboratories. In a brief report on its, Intel shared that the total cost of all the current investments will be over $160 billion by the time it's all finished.
Big numbers are the star feature of Intel's report. For example, the $32 billion investment in building two fabs in Arizona has, so far, resulted in 430,000 cubic yards of concrete poured into the ground. That's 132 Olympic-sized swimming pools for those who prefer a water-based measurement system. While two-thirds of the $160 billion investment is for constructing and upgrading facilities in the US, fabs in Ireland and Israel are being treated to a total of over $40 billion, as well as $7 billion for an expanded 3D packaging plant and new assembly facility in Malaysia and $4.6 billion for a new assembly and testing system in Poland.
Intel has the largest market share when it comes to x86 processors, but with Qualcomm stepping into that sector with itsWhat's that saying?"You have to spend money to make money" or something like that. Investors will be hoping Intel's plans come to fruition as $160 billion is a
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