As the global semiconductor shortage continues, Intel, the world's largest semiconductor maker, has made a huge investment and announced that it will invest 20 billion dollars and 2.16 trillion yen in Japanese yen to increase semiconductor production. did.
Intel announced on the 23rd that it will invest 20 billion dollars and 2.16 trillion yen in Japanese yen at its base in Arizona, western United States, to build two new factories.
We will also use this new investment to enter a business called "foundry" that undertakes the manufacturing of other companies.
"Opening up a new era of Intel's innovation and semiconductor production," said Gersinger, who just took over as CEO and CEO last month, and said he would make a huge investment.
As for semiconductors, the supply of semiconductors continues to be unable to keep up with the world, and automobile manufacturers around the world are having an impact such as temporarily suspending production or reducing production, and the Biden administration is aiming to strengthen the semiconductor business.
In Japan, a major Renesas Electronics factory in Ibaraki Prefecture was forced to suspend semiconductor production due to a fire, and the Japanese government has begun to consider strengthening the semiconductor supply network = supply chain.