News｜Intel Opens Fab 9 in New Mexico

On January 24, Intel celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art Rio Rancho, New Mexico, plant, Fab 9. The achievement is a part of Intel's previously disclosed $3.5 billion investment to outfit its operations in New Mexico for the production of cutting-edge semiconductor packaging technologies, such as Foveros, the company's ground-breaking 3D packaging technology that provides flexible options for combining multiple chips that are optimized for cost, power, and performance.

Why This Is Important: One of Intel's competitive advantages is its extensive global network of factories, which helps with supply chain resilience, increased economies of scale, and product optimization.    The first operational location for Intel's 3D advanced packaging technology mass production is the Rio Rancho Fab 9 and Fab 11x facilities.    It represents an end-to-end manufacturing process that improves the efficiency of the supply chain from demand to the finished product, and it is also Intel's first co-located high-volume advanced packaging location.

The next phase of Intel's innovation in sophisticated packaging technologies will be fueled in part by Fab 9. Advanced packaging technologies like Foveros and EMIB (embedded multi-die interconnect bridge) offer a quicker and more affordable route to reaching 1 trillion transistors on a chip and extending Moore's Law beyond 2030 as the semiconductor industry enters the heterogeneous era, which uses multiple “chiplets” in a package.

With Intel's groundbreaking 3D advanced packaging technique, Foveros, processors may now be built with computation tiles stacked vertically as opposed to side by side. In order to maximize cost and power efficiency, it also enables Intel and foundry customers to mix and match computing tiles.

The $3.5 billion investment in Rio Rancho has created hundreds of high-tech Intel jobs, more than 3,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,500 jobs across the state.

Intel is committed to expanding its business to meet the growing demand for semiconductors, while also working to reduce its environmental impact. The Fab 9 plant is on track to meet its target of recycling at least 90% of construction waste and exceeded this target in November and December 2023.

In addition, Intel purchases renewable energy to meet all of its electricity needs in New Mexico, achieving 100 percent renewable energy use. The company has also funded three non-profit water restoration projects that have improved New Mexico's water bodies and are expected to restore more than 100 million gallons of water per year. These projects will help Intel reduce its water use in New Mexico to 100 percent by 2022 and recycle it back to communities and local watersheds. In addition, Intel's New Mexico facility has saved more than 500 million gallons of water, equivalent to the annual water consumption of more than 4,500 U.S. homes.

Intel's presence in New Mexico dates back to 1980, with a cumulative investment of more than $16 billion. Intel is not only committed to business operations, but also to community responsibility. Over the past five years, Intel employees have volunteered more than 65,000 hours in New Mexico. In addition, since 2018, Intel, the Intel Foundation and Intel employees have donated more than $6.5 million to support local nonprofits and schools.

Intel is actively involved in the Rio Rancho community through volunteerism, partnering with nonprofit organizations, and investing in education. Intel, for example, helped set up scholarship funds at five colleges and universities in New Mexico. These donations build on Intel's ongoing support for workforce development and education in New Mexico, including internship programs, local associate's degree programs, STEAM education investments, and more.

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