Fab42 is finally open!!

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Fab42 is finally open!!

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Only interesting due to the fact that the fab is 15 minutes from me, otherwise probably not of interest to most...

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Its not a short process but starting in 2011 it took them awhile. I actually reported on it for an Intel based website.
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It was actually "complete" in 2014, but they never opened because they decided there wasn't enough demand for anything it would have the ability to produce. It opened a while ago in extremely limited quantity, I knew a couple people that worked there. But now in full production.

I had not previously known that this fab has the ability to handle 450mm wafers, that's kinda neat (to me).
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We knew it been completed in 2014 but were patiently waiting for something to happen, Its a long time for a large fab facility to just sit idle.
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Yeah, it's been a long time. They had just started construction on it when I had moved to Phoenix!! I had actually applied for a job there years ago when I was between VZW and here.
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That would have been an amazing place to work had you gotten a job there.
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