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Intel Will Invest as Much as $5.5 Billion in China Chip Plant
By Ian King - 20 okt. 2015 20:02:03
Intel Corp., the world’s biggest chipmaker, said it will invest as much as $5.5 billion in its plant in Dalian, China, to convert the factory to production of memory chips.
The plant, which began operations in 2010, will begin manufacturing the devices by the second half of next year, the Santa Clara, California-based company said Tuesday in a statement. The investment will take place “over the coming years,” Intel said without offering further details.
Intel, which gets the majority of its sales from processors, has a joint-venture with Micron Technology Inc. to produce memory chips -- called NAND flash -- that store data in mobile devices and increasingly in computers. By shifting computing from its reliance on magnetic disks to semiconductors for storage, Intel is trying to speed up data access and make laptops, servers and desktops more responsive.
In its most recent quarter, Intel said demand for memory chips helped offset weaker demand for personal-computer processors.
Intel shares were little changed at $33.65 at 1:21 p.m. New York time. The
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