Abstract
As the world' s largest and most profitable semiconductor manufacturer, Intel
can account for close to a third of all capital equipment purchases in a given
year to supply the three to four mega fabs it constructs or retrofits to
support each new process node. Intel also invested an average of $US5 billion
per year over the past several years on R&D. Much of this went into the
development of new microprocessor and process technologies. As a result, Intel
is a driver in the direction of semiconductor manufacturing as much as it is
in future microprocessors and related technologies.
This report analyzes Intel manufacturing strategy for capacity and technology,
and how this strategy will affect Intel' s manufacturing costs for current and
future microprocessors.
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