Aug 20 (Beijing Time) – Intel Ireland’s official social media revealed that with Fab 34’s expansion nearly complete, the construction team’s next key task is to connect Fab 34 to the adjacent Fab 10.
The core goal of this move is clear: to extend Intel’s latest processes (now in use at Fab 34) to the older Fab 10 for production, further unlocking advanced process capacity potential.
As Intel’s major overseas production hub, the Leixlip fab cluster in Ireland includes multiple core facilities. Fab 34 is the main production base for Intel’s advanced Intel 4/3 processes, supporting manufacturing of key processors like Xeon 6P "Granite Rapids" and Xeon 6E "Sierra Forest". Integrating Fab 10 into the Intel 4/3 manufacturing system will share some production processes previously borne by Fab 34 alone, fundamentally speeding up the overall chip manufacturing flow.
Reportedly, facilities in the Leixlip cluster are arranged in a northwest-southeast order, including Fab 14 and Fab 24 besides Fab 34 and Fab 10.
Industry-wise, Intel’s move to link the two fabs and integrate advanced process capacity not only optimizes its own manufacturing efficiency but also injects stable expectations into the global high-end chip supply.
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