Intel celebrated the grand opening of the latest expansion of D1X, its leading-edge factory in Hillsboro, Ore. In honor of the site\u2019s heritage of innovation, Intel announced a new name for the nearly 500-acre campus: Gordon Moore Park at Ronler Acres. The new name recognizes the site\u2019s unique contributions to driving Moore\u2019s Law, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore\u2019s 1965 prediction that has guided innovation in the semiconductor industry for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince its founding, Intel has been devoted to relentlessly advancing Moore\u2019s Law. This new factory space will bolster our ability to deliver the accelerated process roadmap required to support our bold IDM 2.0 strategy. Oregon is the longtime heart of our global semiconductor R&D, and I can think of no better way to honor Gordon Moore\u2019s legacy than by bestowing his name on this campus, which, like him, has had such a tremendous role in advancing our industry,\u201d said Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO.<\/p>\n
Gordon Moore Park is the headquarters of Intel\u2019s global Technology Development organization, which is responsible for advancing Moore\u2019s Law by creating new transistor architectures, wafer processes and packaging technologies that underpin the company\u2019s product roadmap and provide the foundation for applications ranging from personal computers to cloud infrastructure to 5G networks. The team of approximately 10,000 employees, primarily based in Hillsboro, is widely recognized as one of the world\u2019s preeminent silicon process engineering organizations.<\/p>\n
During the campus\u2019s 25-year history, engineers and scientists there have continually faced \u2013 then overcome \u2013 the challenges posed by physics when the features on a chip shrink to the size of atoms. With inventions like high-k metal gate technology, tri-gate 3D transistors and strained silicon, Intel has consistently delivered foundational process innovations to maintain pace with Moore’s Law.<\/p>\n
With \u201cMod3\u201d \u2013 a more than $3 billion investment to expand D1X \u2013 Intel engineers now have an additional 270,000 square feet of clean room space to develop next-generation silicon process technologies.<\/p>\n
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