Microprocessor giant Intel has announced that it will build a $3 billion computer chip manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona. Construction is to begin immediately. The plant, which will be Intel's sixth, is expected to be ready in 2007.
Intel will also reactivate a dormant plant in New Mexico, which it will use as a test facility.
Source: Link to MSNBC story.
Comment: With computer chips found in such ordinary items as coffee makers and air purifiers, Intel and others clearly have a market for their products.
Computerized devices seem very much a part of everyday life.
There is talk that RFID's, or radio frequency identification tags, may be used for retail applications. Such devices assist retailers in tracking products by conveying detailed information to receivers configured to track them. Some privacy advocates fear that such devices offer the potential for abuse, since RFID's are so small that they could be hidden in products, or consumers could fail to remove them after purchasing items containing them.
It is not known whether Intel is involved in RFID technology.
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