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Intel Celebrates Manufacturing Day
Intel CEO Bob Swan (left) visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan (right) visits Intel’s new 12-acre water recycling facility in Ocotillo, Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility has the capacity to treat more than 9 million gallons of water each day. Over the past four decades, Intel has made substantial sustainability investments to support the company’s operations. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan (center) dresses in a bunny suit before he tours Fab 42, the company’s latest factory in Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The factory in Ocotillo is a $7 billion investment that is manufacturing products based on Intel’s 10 nm process. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan (left) tours Fab 42, the company’s latest factory in Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The factory in Ocotillo is a $7 billion investment that is manufacturing products based on Intel’s 10 nm process. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan tours Fab 42, the company’s latest factory in Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The factory in Ocotillo is a $7 billion investment that is manufacturing products based on Intel’s 10 nm process. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel’s automated superhighway, pictured here with Intel CEO Bob Swan (left) during a visit on Oct. 2, 2020, transports thousands of wafers inside Intel’s newest factory, Fab 42 in Ocotillo, Arizona. Intel has manufactured in Arizona for 40 years. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel’s automated superhighway, pictured here with Intel CEO Bob Swan (left) during a visit on Oct. 2, 2020, transports thousands of wafers inside Intel’s newest factory, Fab 42 in Ocotillo, Arizona. Intel has manufactured in Arizona for 40 years. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Bob Swan tours Fab 42, the company’s latest factory in Arizona, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The factory in Ocotillo is a $7 billion investment that is manufacturing products based on Intel’s 10 nm process. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
In celebration of Intel’s 40th anniversary in Arizona, Intel CEO Bob Swan (right) tours Fab 42, the company’s newest Arizona factory in Ocotillo, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility created 3,000 new Intel jobs and supports an additional 7,000 jobs in the community. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel’s automated superhighway, pictured here with Intel CEO Bob Swan and other Intel employees during a visit on Oct. 2, 2020, transports thousands of wafers inside Intel’s newest factory, Fab 42 in Ocotillo, Arizona. Intel has manufactured in Arizona for 40 years. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
In celebration of Intel’s 40th anniversary in Arizona, Intel CEO Bob Swan (right) tours Fab 42, the company’s newest Arizona factory in Ocotillo, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility created 3,000 new Intel jobs and supports an additional 7,000 jobs in the community. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
In celebration of Intel’s 40th anniversary in Arizona, Intel CEO Bob Swan toured Fab 42, the company’s newest Arizona factory in Ocotillo, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The facility created 3,000 new Intel jobs and supports an additional 7,000 jobs in the community. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel’s newest, leading-edge manufacturing facility is Fab 42 in Ocotillo, Arizona. Fab 42 connects to three other Intel fabrication plants, making the site Intel’s first mega-factory network. It manufactures our newest generation of leadership products that will power hundreds of millions of computing devices worldwide. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel’s newest, leading-edge manufacturing facility is Fab 42 in Ocotillo, Arizona. Fab 42 connects to three other Intel fabrication plants, making the site Intel’s first mega-factory network. It manufactures our newest generation of leadership products that will power hundreds of millions of computing devices worldwide. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
What’s New: Today is Manufacturing Day, an annual celebration to showcase the promise of modern manufacturing locally, nationally and globally. Since Intel’s founding more than 50 years ago, company leaders have been inspired by Moore’s Law to invent and manufacture world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches the lives of every person on Earth. As Intel works to capitalize on the largest opportunity in its history, the company is investing in and expanding manufacturing facilities around the world.
“For decades, Intel has been a worldwide leader in semiconductor manufacturing. On this Manufacturing Day, I want to recognize the efforts of tens of thousands of Intel team members around the world who are going above and beyond every day to support the growing demands of our customers, while ensuring the highest safety and quality standards during this pandemic period. Their work is truly remarkable.”
–Keyvan Esfarjani, Intel senior vice president and general manager of Manufacturing and Operations
Why It Matters: Intel is one of only three companies manufacturing at the leading-edge of semiconductor technology. Intel’s integrated design and manufacturing model provides a competitive advantage because of the strong connection across manufacturing, architecture, process design and packaging technologies.
As a global leader in semiconductor R&D and manufacturing, Intel creates technology that is at the foundation of modern life — powering homes, vehicles, healthcare, communication networks and even other manufacturers.
How It Works: Today, Intel operates six wafer fabrication sites around the world, comprising 4 million square feet of “clean room.” Among the most modern and complex manufacturing operations ever built, these sites complete hundreds of steps to turn raw silicon wafers into discs of hundreds of ”dies,” or individual computer chips. These discs are sent to our four assembly test locations, where the dies are separated, tested and packaged in protective materials so customers can integrate them into their own products.
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives. Inspired by Moore’s Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers’ greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the potential of data to transform business and society for the better. To learn more about Intel’s innovations, go to newsroom.intel.com and intel.com.
