In 1997, DEC launched a lawsuit against Intel over the Intel Itanium design, which DEC claimed violated a number of their patents related to HyperThreading. The outcome was that Intel purchased the plant and rights to the DEC's current DEC Alpha and StrongARM designs for $700 million in October 1997. This was part of a wider breakup of DEC being carried out by DEC CEO Robert Palmer, completed in 1998 with the sale of the core of the company to Compaq.
Intel operated the factory as Intel Fab 17. They upgraded from 250 to 180 nm in 1999 as part of their Copy Exactly program to keep all of their fabs using identical equipment and allow them to shift production around their factories. It shifted to 130 nm at some later date. The plant was increasingly used to produce runs of specialty products that could use these older methods. It closed in 2014 as the 149-acre (60 ha) site did not have enough room to be rebuilt to use modern systems.
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Hachman, Mark (17 December 1999). "Intel plans $800M upgrade of former DEC fab in Massachusetts". EETimes.
Spooner, John (5 January 2007). "Intel reorg hits home in Hudson". ZDNet.
"Intel hyperthreading shows Digital roots". The Globe and Mail. 10 October 2002.
Rogoway, Mike (13 October 2013). "Intel will close Massachusetts factory, eliminate 400 jobs in New Mexico". The Oregonian.
hudson, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, june, 2022, learn, when, remove, thi. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The Hudson Fab was a semiconductor fabrication factory in Hudson Massachusetts opened in 1979 by Digital Equipment Corporation DEC For many years it produced some of the most complex integrated circuits in the world as part of the microVAX and related product lines It underwent a major upgrade in 1994 but DEC s fortunes were already in decline by this point In 1997 DEC launched a lawsuit against Intel over the Intel Itanium design which DEC claimed violated a number of their patents related to HyperThreading The outcome was that Intel purchased the plant and rights to the DEC s current DEC Alpha and StrongARM designs for 700 million in October 1997 This was part of a wider breakup of DEC being carried out by DEC CEO Robert Palmer completed in 1998 with the sale of the core of the company to Compaq Intel operated the factory as Intel Fab 17 They upgraded from 250 to 180 nm in 1999 as part of their Copy Exactly program to keep all of their fabs using identical equipment and allow them to shift production around their factories It shifted to 130 nm at some later date The plant was increasingly used to produce runs of specialty products that could use these older methods It closed in 2014 as the 149 acre 60 ha site did not have enough room to be rebuilt to use modern systems References editHachman Mark 17 December 1999 Intel plans 800M upgrade of former DEC fab in Massachusetts EETimes Spooner John 5 January 2007 Intel reorg hits home in Hudson ZDNet Intel hyperthreading shows Digital roots The Globe and Mail 10 October 2002 Rogoway Mike 13 October 2013 Intel will close Massachusetts factory eliminate 400 jobs in New Mexico The Oregonian Further reading editThe Lost Engineering Paradise of DEC 42 22 53 N 71 33 17 W 42 3814 N 71 5546 W 42 3814 71 5546 nbsp This computing article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hudson Fab amp oldid 1099214753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
