America’s Semiconductor Leadership Starts with Intel
Powered by the promises of the CHIPS Act, Intel is investing more than $100 billion to increase domestic chip manufacturing capacity and capabilities.
Investing in U.S.-based Technology Development and American Manufacturing
Intel is leading the way to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing and research and development to build a more resilient global supply chain. Over the course of five years, Intel expects to invest more than $100 billion in the U.S. as we expand our capacity and capabilities in Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Ohio. These investments, contingent on adequate CHIPS support, will fill several essential domestic supply chain gaps and are critical to U.S. economic and national security.
Oregon: The Heart of Semiconductor Research and Development
The future of American semiconductor manufacturing starts in Oregon, which is home to Intel’s innovation hub for leading-edge semiconductor research, technology development and manufacturing. Intel is planning a multibillion-dollar expansion and modernization of our facilities in Oregon that keeps us on track to process technology leadership by 2025.
- Jobs: Intel employs more than 22,000 employees in Oregon, and we expect to add several thousand new permanent and construction jobs.
- Economic Impact: Since Intel broke ground in 1974, we have invested $59 billion in Oregon and currently contribute $19.3 billion annually to Oregon’s GDP.
Arizona: Innovating and Investing for more than 40 years
Intel is expanding our operations in Arizona with two new leading-edge semiconductor factories that are estimated to cost $15 billion to $20 billion each—the largest private sector investment in the state’s history. The new factories will support growing demand for Intel’s products and provide committed capacity for Intel Foundry customers.
- Jobs: Intel employs more than 13,000 employees in Arizona, and we expect to add 3,000 new Intel jobs, 6,000 construction jobs, and indirectly support 15,000 additional jobs with suppliers and supporting industries through our investments.
- Economic Impact: Since Intel broke ground in 1979, we have invested $34.5 billion in Arizona and currently contributes $8.6 billion annually to Arizona’s GDP.
New Mexico: Pushing the Limits of Advanced Packaging
Intel is investing $3.5 billion in its New Mexico operations to enable production of its advanced semiconductor packaging technology, including Foveros, Intel’s breakthrough 3D packaging technology. This technology allows us to mix and match compute tiles to meet increasing computing performance needs for artificial intelligence, 5G and the edge.
- Jobs: Intel employs more than 2,100 employees in New Mexico, and we expect to add 700 new Intel jobs, 1,000 construction jobs, and indirectly support 3,500 additional jobs with suppliers and supporting industries through our investments.
- Economic Impact: Since 1980, Intel has invested $16.7 billion in New Mexico and currently contributes $1.2 billion annually to New Mexico’s GDP.
Ohio: Building the Silicon Heartland
Intel’s greenfield investment of more than $20 billion to build two new leading-edge fabs in Ohio marks the single largest private-sector investment in the state's history. This “Silicon Heartland” will establish a new regional economic cluster for U.S. chipmaking and become an epicenter of leading-edge technology.
- Jobs: Intel expects to create 3,000 new Intel jobs, 7,000 construction jobs, and indirectly support more than 10,000 additional jobs with our suppliers and supporting industries through our investments.
Driving Economic Development
As the only leading-edge U.S. semiconductor company that both develops and manufactures its own technology, Intel has a widespread economic impact in every sector of the U.S. economy:
We directly employ almost
52k
people in the U.S.
Intel’s operations support over
721k
American jobs
Contributing over
$102b
annually to the U.S. GDP
We directly employ almost
52k
people in the U.S.
Intel’s operations support over
721k
American jobs
Contributing over
$102b
annually to the U.S. GDP
Intel is committed to doubling down on our U.S. investments to bring more manufacturing and technology leadership to the U.S. Powered by the promises of the CHIPS and Science Act, our new investments are expected to:
Create an additional
9.73k
new Intel jobs
Support
19.2k
construction jobs
Indirectly support
58.2k
jobs with suppliers and supporting industries
Create an additional
9.73k
new Intel jobs
Support
19.2k
construction jobs
Indirectly support
58.2k
jobs with suppliers and supporting industries
Developing a World-Class, Open System Foundry
Intel Foundry is developing a world-class, open system foundry, leading the industry transition from the standard monolithic system-on-chip to “systems of chips” in a package. Our unique and combined offerings of wafer fabrication, advanced process and packaging technology, chiplet standards, software, robust ecosystem, and assembly and test capabilities will help our customers build innovative silicon designs and deliver full end-to-end customizable products.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) needs leading-edge, onshore, advanced foundry and packaging capabilities more than ever, and Intel Foundry is helping the U.S. government make a secure transition to commercial foundries to help protect national security. As the prime contractor on both RAMP-C and SHIP programs and with our secure design, manufacturing, and packaging, Intel provides DoD the end-to-end ability to leverage these capabilities in the United States.
Returning Process Technology Leadership to the U.S.
Intel is pioneering the industry’s first glass substrates for next-generation advanced packaging, planned for the latter part of this decade. This breakthrough achievement will enable the continued scaling of transistors in a package and advance Moore’s Law to deliver data-centric applications.
While it is becoming exponentially more challenging to keep pace with Moore's Law as the industry aspires to deliver 1 trillion transistors on a single device by 2030, Intel is executing on or ahead of schedule to deliver five process nodes in four years and return process technology leadership to the U.S. by 2025 with robust investment plans to maintain that leadership once regained.
Creating Local Talent Pipelines
Through innovative partnerships with government and academia, Intel is leading the way to create a robust and diverse ecosystem of skilled semiconductor talent, which is critical to the success of the entire semiconductor industry and the U.S. economy.
Intel announced a $100 million investment last year to expand semiconductor education, research and workforce training opportunities across the nation, which includes a $50 million partnership with the National Science Foundation and $50 million to fund the Semiconductor Education and Research Program (SERP) for Ohio – a collaborative, multi-institution program designed to directly support our new operations in Ohio. Through this program, for example, Columbus State Community College has taken the lead on developing a one-year semiconductor technician certificate program.
Intel announced a $100 million investment last year to expand semiconductor education, research and workforce training opportunities across the nation. This includes a $50 million match for a total $100 million partnership with the National Science Foundation to expand opportunities in the United States.
In Arizona and Oregon, we partnered with Maricopa and Portland community college systems to launch a first-of-its-kind semiconductor technician Quick Start program. This accelerated two-week program, led by Intel employees, provides free hands-on learning to prepare students for rewarding careers as semiconductor technicians.
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