Intel to make 45-nanometer microprocessors at their New Mexico plant

Intel to make 45-nanometer microprocessors at their New Mexico plant

Microprocessor industry giant Intel has said that they plan to invest as much as $1.5 billion to upgrade a New Mexico plant.

This would be done to enable this unit to start manufacturing chips with the 45-nanometer production process. With this, Intel would be able to manufacture smaller processors at this factory enabling it to expand production.

Both Intel and AMD have been working hard on shrinking the size of the microprocessors used in computers to help boost their processing speed and make them more efficient.

Intel incidentally has also set aside around $8 billion to upgrade existing and build new plants for the 45-nanometer standard.

The company is also due to begin 45-nanometer production this year in Oregon.