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Intel plans to spend $16.2 billion this year on a wide range of internal investments, up $500 million from earlier forecasts. The funds will fuel efforts in areas ranging from servers, notebooks, tablets, smartphones and enhancements to its 14nm fabs under construction.
"Some of [the increased fab expenses] are a pull-in from next year [because we are moving] faster than expected into our 14nm factories," said Stacy Smith, Intel's CFO in the conference call.
But "the larger portion is an increase in the scope of the factories," Smith said. The 14nm plants will now be outfitted to handle expected needs for 10 and 7nm process technology, he added.
"There's a higher return-on-investment to do that now rather than later," Smith said. Currently Intel's capex spending is focused on enabling "22nm peak [production] and [building] 14nm shells, and soon you'll see us move into the cycle of 14nm equipment" purchases, he said.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4218047/Intel-boosts-capex-eyeing-7nm-node
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