Intel Uses New Technology at Ireland Fab

<p><strong>LEIXLIP&comma; Ireland<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Intel has begun using Intel 4 technology at its new Fab plant in Ireland&comma; which deploys extreme ultraviolet &lpar;EUV&rpar; technology&comma; and the first use of EUV in high-volume manufacturing &lpar;HVM&rpar; in Europe&period; The new technology paves the way for future products like Intel’s upcoming Intel Core Ultra processors &lpar;code-named Meteor Lake&rpar;&comma; which will lead to AI PCs&comma; as well as future-generation Intel Xeon processors coming in 2024 and produced on the Intel 3 process node&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;<strong>Photo above<&sol;strong>&colon; Intel manufacturing employees work in the cleanroom of Fab 34&comma; the newest Intel manufacturing facility in Ireland&period;&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>EUV technology employed in the production of Intel 4 is broadly adopted in leading-edge semiconductor technology nodes that power the most demanding computing applications&comma; such as artificial intelligence &lpar;AI&rpar;&comma; advanced mobile networks&comma; autonomous driving&comma; and new data center and cloud applications&period; EUV plays a critical role in driving Intel toward its goals of delivering five nodes in four years and regaining leadership in process technology by 2025&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am proud of the Intel team as well as our customers&comma; suppliers and partners who worked with us to bring this moment to life and keep us on the path back to process leadership&comma;” said Pat Gelsinger&comma; Intel CEO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Silicon Isle has always been core to our long-term strategy&comma; and today’s opening of Fab 34 contributes to the EU&&num;8217&semi;s goal of creating a more resilient and sustainable semiconductor supply chain&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The opening of Fab 34 in Leixlip&comma; Ireland&comma; combined with Intel’s planned wafer fabrication facility in Magdeburg&comma; Germany&comma; and planned assembly and test facility in Wroc&lstrok;aw&comma; Poland&comma; will help create a first-of-its-kind end-to-end leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing value chain in Europe&period; As the home for industries at the vanguard of technology – AI&comma; telecommunications&comma; data center&comma; automotive and others – Europe needs a resilient leading-edge semiconductor supply chain&period; Intel is committed to helping Europe realize its technological ambitions and&comma; in turn&comma; to building a global semiconductor supply chain that is resilient and geographically balanced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Intel’s Ireland operations are a cornerstone of our global manufacturing footprint&comma; and an important part of building an end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing value chain in Europe&comma;” said Keyvan Esfarjani&comma; executive vice president and chief global operations officer at Intel&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As we continue to advance our 17-billion-euro investment&comma; this marks a significant milestone and a win for our Ireland operations as it brings Intel’s latest and greatest Intel 4 technology utilizing EUV to Fab 34&comma; Ireland and Europe&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Ann Kelleher&comma; executive vice president and general manager of Technology Development at Intel&comma; said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a landmark for Intel and the semiconductor industry as a whole&period; The transfer of Intel 4 process technology into high-volume production in Ireland is a giant step toward enabling leading-edge manufacturing in Europe and a huge moment for our technology development teams in Oregon&comma; too&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The process development and early HVM on Intel 4 technology – which delivers significant improvements in performance&comma; power efficiency and transistor density compared with earlier technologies – was performed in Intel’s development fab in Oregon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;