Intel not considering UK chip factory

[vetran]

Maybe they had freedom of movement and could get cheap labour from the UK.

it was 25 years ago so a bit before cheap Polish plumbers

[ladymuck]

Strange most of the senior workers on the Dublin fab I met were English - maybe it was equal opportunities at work?

Not sure how that's relevant? The location of the factory is what's being discussed, and is what governments like to willy wave about. Whether they hire English, Irish, Indian, Peruvian workers is irrelevant.

[WTFH]

Strange most of the senior workers on the Dublin fab I met were English - maybe it was equal opportunities at work?

Maybe they had freedom of movement and could get cheap labour from the UK.

[vetran]

Reason number two is that education standards are higher in Ireland.
Reason number three is that Ireland is in the EU.

Strange most of the senior workers on the Dublin fab I met were English - maybe it was equal opportunities at work?

[Paddy]

Intel (and the other tech giants) are only in the Republic of Ireland becasue of the ridiculous subsidies given out to get them there.

There are quite a few Fabs located in the UK, they are often quite specialised and are quite stable. Of all the UK Fabs, only 2 or 3 of the ones that were ever built have been fully closed down. Most of them (6 or 7), have changed hands several times and carry on doing their niche products.

Reason number two is that education standards are higher in Ireland.
Reason number three is that Ireland is in the EU.

[ladymuck]

Did ARM use to run a lot of manufacture here in the UK?

ARM did the design work, not the manufacturing. So companies buy the design and line up their own factories to build it.

A bit like an architect designs a house but doesn't build it

[DoctorStrangelove]

As I recall, the WDA gave considerable bungs to LG to build their fab in Newport.

Not much ever came of it & much of the bung had to be paid back.

It seems to have taken 20 years for someone else to think that the building might just come in useful as a fab for compound semiconductors.

[d000hg]

Did ARM use to run a lot of manufacture here in the UK?

[vetran]

Intel (and the other tech giants) are only in the Republic of Ireland becasue of the ridiculous subsidies given out to get them there.

There are quite a few Fabs located in the UK, they are often quite specialised and are quite stable. Of all the UK Fabs, only 2 or 3 of the ones that were ever built have been fully closed down. Most of them (6 or 7), have changed hands several times and carry on doing their niche products.

How many Intel fabs are in the UK?

None.

As you say a few Fabs are owned by others so its not impossible its just Intel chooses not to site in the UK unless there is a massive tax wheeze so its playing the EU by making them feel better than the UK.

[FreewheelinFranklin]

Maybe they can site it next to their 25 year old factory near Dublin that I did some work on? I don't remember any UK factories ever? Sounds like desperate remainerdom!

which Intel factories in Europe will they copy or co-site?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...acturing_sites

Intel (and the other tech giants) are only in the Republic of Ireland becasue of the ridiculous subsidies given out to get them there.

There are quite a few Fabs located in the UK, they are often quite specialised and are quite stable. Of all the UK Fabs, only 2 or 3 of the ones that were ever built have been fully closed down. Most of them (6 or 7), have changed hands several times and carry on doing their niche products.

[FreewheelinFranklin]

Very wise considering the number of empty, never filled, or redundant fabs littering the place.

Oddly, the Inmos fab in Newport still seems to be doing stuff even though it's so far down the trailing edge.

The huge fab companies are pumping all their money into the cutting edge fabs for phones and tablets etc. There's a huge demand for what might be considered as legacy devices which can be made using mature fabrication processes. Problem is, no one is investing in those 'old' fabs, they just keep sweating a small number of ones that got left behing over the years. Thats whay there's a shortage of simple microcontroller chips and stuff.

[vetran]

Maybe they can site it next to their 25 year old factory near Dublin that I did some work on? I don't remember any UK factories ever? Sounds like desperate remainerdom!

which Intel factories in Europe will they copy or co-site?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...acturing_sites

[DoctorStrangelove]

Very wise considering the number of empty, never filled, or redundant fabs littering the place.

Oddly, the Inmos fab in Newport still seems to be doing stuff even though it's so far down the trailing edge.

Then again it just got sold to the Red Chinese in yet another example of lunacy.

https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2...of-chip-sector

[Whorty]

Oh dear ... guess we just need to start up our own chip company, that'll show 'em who's the best

Anyone got a large deep fat frying pan?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58820599