Integrated Device Technology Inc, Santa Clara, has decided to go ahead with its new chip fabrication plant, and has scooted up the coast to Hillsboro, Oregon to find a site: plans call for a 190,000 square foot building with a 48,000 square foot class-one clean room for processing 8 wafers in the Dawson Creek Park: Integrated says that it liked the combination of location, labour force, facility support, and excellent environment for employees and their families; at full capacity it will employ 500 to 600 local residents at the site and will have invested a total of $400m in plant and equipment and the plant will be capable of processing 30,000 8 wafers a quarter.
