[Lorenb420]

RELIABLE SOURCES TELL the INQUIRER that by the year 2005 there's likely to be an Intel fabrication plant located in mainland China.

To build a "fab", it costs something like $3 Billion (see forbes for reference). Not exactly a small investment.

[mlocher]

To build a "fab", it costs something like $3 Billion (see forbes for reference). Not exactly a small investment.

but given the huge market, an investment that might be in intel's best interest to make.