News Intel’s Hillsboro Mega-Lab Falls Victim to Budget Cuts

[Admin]

Intel has canceled its Hillsboro mega lab as it faces the reality of declining revenue. The decision will save $700M, which is a fair chunk out of the $3B in cuts the company hopes to make this year.

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[ezst036]

Don't worry, the vulture lobbyists will come back begging for a CHIPS 3.0 grand giveaway. And when the lobbyists do return? Everybody will applaud it like they did the first one.

 

[gg83]

Them dern lerbyists!

 

[jkflipflop98]

The Hillsboro facility is already a giant "mega-lab". It's the R&D hub of the entire company.

Some of the labs in the D1 facility are so secure they have x-ray gun locks on the doors. It takes a 3D scan of your skull and compares it to a model on record. If they match then the door opens.

 

[horsemama]

The Hillsboro facility is already a giant "mega-lab". It's the R&D hub of the entire company.

Some of the labs in the D1 facility are so secure they have x-ray gun locks on the doors. It takes a 3D scan of your skull and compares it to a model on record. If they match then the door opens.

What is your point? They agreed to build this thing and cancelled because the government isn't paying enough of the bill even though Intel can easily afford it. They likely already got incentives linked to this new lab as well.

This is why I refuse to spend a dime on Intel products. They're a bunch of scum bags, beyond even nVidia.

 

[jkflipflop98]

"Easily afford it".

Now we're an accountant today are we?

 

[Tom Sunday]

The Hillsboro facility.... some of the labs in the D1 facility are so secure they have x-ray gun locks on the doors. It takes a 3D scan of your skull and compares it to a model on record. If they match then the door opens.

Looks like AMD does not have this problem or such a protective door investment and thus saves a few $$$! As to the projected Intel $3B in cuts this year it will certainly and temporary please Wall Street. But Intel maintains to be the only company still being on course in spending more than $40 billion this year on new semiconductor Fabs in the U.S. Unlike some of its industry peers and in times of continued supply chain and political fiasco times. Four major Intel U.S. Fabs will come online in three years with two in Arizona and two in Ohio. It also will find Intel manufacturing chips for other companies, a first. As for myself I am just happy to see the absolute certainty that I will be able to purchase a CPU in the storms ahead we may be facing in Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Japan. By writing this commentary it basically is to say that everything ‘MADE IN THE USA’ is my very own preference!