Property sales

Chipzilla is flogging off its 150-acre campus in Folsom, California to cut costs amid plummeting sales. It is also considering the future of its 50-acre Hawthorn Farm property as part of a cunning plan to consolidate operations at its Silicon Valley headquarters.

$700 million facility will not be built

Intel has officially abandoned its plans to build a mega lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. The Oregonian received a statement today saying that the $700M facility will not be built.

Increased road user fees and tracking your movements

US states Oregon and Utah are working on ways to screw income lost from petrol taxes from electric car users and the results do not look good.

Wants to head to the Far East

Chipzilla is apparently thinking about moving leading edge production from Oregon to Asia and hiring one of its top rivals to make Intel's most advanced chips.

Part of its data-centric plans

Chipzilla is talking about manufacturing expansion at its three main sites –  Oregon, Ireland and Israel.

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