Intel's Rio Rancho fab hit by Act of God Wafers toasted, roasted by lightning By Mike Magee: Wednesday 24 July 2002, 09:49 LOCAL NEWSPAPER the Bradenton Herald reported Monday that Intel's Rio Rancho plant in Albuquerque was hit by a bolt from the blue, temporarily shutting down production at the leading fab. The report said that Intel lost $800 million worth of chips because of the lighting strike. That sounds like an overestimate to us, unless the lightning strike really ripped through the facilities. The paper quotes a fire expert from the US National Lighting Safety Institute as reporting that...