Intel has invested €5 billion at its Ireland Fab34 to expand manufacturing of its "Intel 3" tech that will be used in Xeon 6 & Next-Gen Xeon chips.
Intel's Key Data Center Fab In Ireland Gets €5 Billion Invested Towards Manufacturing, Will Be Used To Scale "Intel 3" For Xeon 6 & Next-Gen Xeon CPUs
Today, Intel is announcing a €5 billion investment at its Leixlip campus, which is based in Ireland. This investment is part of a broader manufacturing expansion plan for the European region. The investment comes as the need for AI and high-performance chips is growing at an accelerated pace.
The Ireland facility houses the Fab 34, which is primarily responsible for the production of Intel's Xeon CPUs for Enterprises, data centers, servers, and AI applications. The same facility is currently used to make Xeon 6 chips on the "Intel 3" process technology. Here, both Intel 4 and Intel 3 node are utilized to build some of the most advanced chips that Intel has on offer.
Intel today announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland, marking the next phase in the site’s capacity expansion.
Global demand for AI and high-performance computing is driving the need for advanced silicon to power AI Factories, and Intel is scaling capacity in Ireland to deliver Intel Xeon 6 and next gen Intel Xeon built on its Intel 3 node.
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In its announcement, Intel also states that the manufacturing expansion will be used to increase the production output of "Intel 3" chips, which also includes its next-gen Xeon product. Although the company didn't name any specific product, our sources indicate that the node will be used for Intel's Diamond Rapids chips, which are part of the Xeon 7 family. Currently, Intel Granite Rapids (Xeon 6P) CPUs are based on Intel 3, while Clearwater Forest (Xeon 6+) makes use of the 18A tech.
Intel Diamond Rapids Xeon CPUs will be the first data center chips to feature the company's latest 18A-P process technology. Since Diamond Rapids uses a multi-compute tile layout, it will use 18A-P for the compute tile, and Intel 3 for the I/O tiles. From the reference diagram that Intel offered a look at a few months ago, we can see that the chip will house at least four compute tiles & two big I/O tiles.
So far, Intel has invested € 30 billion in Ireland since the facility was established back in 1989. The site is one of Intel's most advanced manufacturing facilities, housing 4,900 employees who are hard at work on the latest chips and technologies that Intel is known for.
Naga Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Operations Officer and General Manager of Intel Foundry said, “This €5 billion investment represents a definitive commitment to maximize capacity at our Leixlip campus and increase what we can deliver to Intel Foundry customers.”
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