Thursday, September 20, 2007

Intel Reopens Jerusalem Chip Plant

This story isn't something extra-ordinary, but the following line caught my attention:

Intel's decision to reopen the plant follows additional tax benefits it would receive from its Israeli operations, the paper said, noting that the company plans to move some production lines from southeast Asia to Jerusalem.

In which southeast asian country Intel has production line now?

Interesting, no? ;)

4 comments:

Snail said...

Seem like Intel is pushing for tax break or they are really start packing and plan to leave.qkyel

The Soothsayer said...

It's like us. If the banks don't waive our credit card fees, we cancel our cards. :)

Well, which SEA country? Sorry, to disappoint you but I don't think it's Malaysia. My bet is on Ph. Hasn't rumours of corruption and inefficiency always plagued the sites there?

Cuppa Chai said...

It is possible, but logically Intel would have consolidated the operations to a near-by site, say Malaysia or China. Moving to so far of a location tells me the SE Asia sites aren't as good as we hope.

The Soothsayer said...

I think they just don't want to put all their eggs in one basket. Spread it out over a few countries. The Malaysian operation is huge already and Vietnam is still new.