What Does it Take to Build a Fab?

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A fab takes about three years, $10 billion and 6,000 construction workers to complete.
Intel has fabs in Oregon, Arizona, Ireland and Israel.

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An Intel semiconductor factory, or fab, is a manufacturing marvel. Every hour, every day of the year, the 70-foot-tall structure produces millions of computer chips.

An Intel semiconductor factory, or fab, is a manufacturing marvel. Every hour, every day of the year, the 70-foot-tall structure produces millions of computer chips.

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