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Intel European Union Investment Webcast

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Contents

Investments

  • €80 Billion in Europe over the Next Decade
  • Pan-European Union Intitiative
    • Creates European Chip Ecosystem
    • Increase Advanced Chip Manufacturing
    • Improve Design & Supply Chain
  • Address Global Need for Balanced Semiconductor Supply Chain

Sustainability

  • Electricity: 100% Renewable
  • Water: Net-Positive Usage
  • Waste: Zero Total to Landfills

Fabrication Investments

Leixlip, Ireland

  • Part of the Silicon Isle
  • Capital Expenditure: €12 Billion (Fab 34)
  • Technology: Intel 4
  • Doubles manufacturing space in Leixlip, Ireland

Magdeburg, Germany

  • Part of Silicon Junction (Junction of Semiconductors in Europe)

  • Start of Fab Gigasite

  • Capital Expenditure: €17 Billion (Initial Investment)

  • Technology: Most Advanced Node

  • Ideal Location for Advanced Chip Fabrication

Construction

  • Ground Breaking: H1 2023

  • Completion: 2027

  • Construction Jobs: 7000

  • Structural Steel: 5 Eiffel Towers

  • Concrete: 240 Swimming Pools

  • Cleanroom Space: 2 World Cup Football Fields

  • Trades-Person Hours: Millions

Jobs

  • High-Tech Jobs: 3000
  • Indirect Local Jobs: 10000

R&D Investments

Patleu de Saclay, France

  • High-Tech Jobs: 450 (by 2024), 1000

  • Hub for High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence Design Capabilities

  • Main European Foundry Design Centre in France [Location Unclear]

    • Offers Design Services to French, European and Global Partners & Customers

Gdansk, Poland

  • Lab Space: +50%
  • Focus on Deep Neural Networks, Audio, Graphics, Data Center & Cloud Computing
  • Completion: 2023

Barcelona, Spain

  • Joint Labs
  • Development of Architecture for Zettascale Computing

Advanced Packaging Investment

Italy

  • Negotiations for Advanced Packaging Facility [Probably Sicily]

    • First of its kind in European Union

  • CapEx: €4.5 Billion

  • Completion: Between 2025 and 2027

  • Jobs:

    • High-Tech: 1500
    • Indirect Local: 3500

Collaborations with Corporations & Institutions

Fabrication

  • Partnership between Tower and STMicroelectronics
  • Use of Cleanroom Space in fab in Agrate Brianza, Italy

Innovation, Research & Development

  • Collaboration with:
    • Belgium: Imec
    • Netherlands: Technical University Delft
    • France: CEA-Leti
    • Germany: Fraunhofer Institute
  • Partnerships in Italy for High Performance Computing, Memory, Software Programming Models & Cloud
    • Leonardo, INFN, CINECA

Supply Chain

  • Intel has spent €10 Billion with EU Suppliers in the past 2 years
  • Expects to double expenditure with EU Suppliers by 2026

EU CHIPS Act

  • Public Investment: >€43 Billion by 2030
  • Goals:
    • 20% Market Share in Chip Manufacturing by 2030
    • <3nm Chip Fabrication
    • Create Jobs
    • Create European Chip Ecosystem
  • Intel is the first major achievement
  • Acts as Magnet for Further Investment

Ecosystem Support

  • Support from various companies and organisations:
    • Automotive: BMW AG, Mercedes-Benz AG, Renault Group, Volkswagen Group
    • Capital Equipment: ASM International, Tokyo Electron
    • Chip Designers: Sequans Communications, SiPearl
    • Game Developer: CD Projekt Red
    • Organisations: Business Tampere, Germany Trade & Invest, SEMI Europe
    • PCB: Austria Technologie und Systemtechnik AG
    • Software: Atos, Siemens
    • Universities: Fraunhofer-Gelleschaft, UnternehmerTUM
    • Other: Deutsche Telekom, EDF R&D, Wortmann, ZEISS

References