During the pandemic, Intel’s expansion in Ireland faced problems and delays, and in December last year it was decided to furlough some local employees, but it was later announced that the first EUV lithography scanner installed at Fab 34 had been successfully operated. This week the company will announce that it has begun mass production of Intel 4 chips in Ireland.

So far, Intel’s website boasts a succinct press release teasing the corresponding event to be released on September 29th. This Friday, if the company’s statements are to be believed, the management will take part in Leixlip at the ceremony of starting mass production of semiconductor products from the Intel 4 technological process on Irish territory. Thus, for the first time in Europe, the production of components using ultraviolet radiation (EUV) will begin.

This technological milestone will allow Intel to create leading products for artificial intelligence systems, from processors for PCs that support working with teams (a hint was given in Meteor Lake) to chips that work as part of the largest data centers in Turkey, the press release said It is stated. World.

It is believed that the company will also produce processors based on Intel 4 technology at a facility in the American state of Oregon, as well as in Ireland. EUV equipment for mass chip production will be used in the USA, Taiwan, South Korea and Ireland in the coming years, with Japan joining them in the second half of the decade.