Intel installs production tools at Fab 62 in Arizona, provides updates on Ohio chip fab

What happened

On 21 October 2026 (Wednesday), Intel announced that it had started installing production tools at its Fab 62 in Arizona, with the fab on track for mass production by late 2028; however, the company has not disclosed when it intends to begin high-volume production, the planned wafer processing capacity, the capital expenditures required to complete the facility, and it has not officially assigned Intel 14A to Fab 62 (Fab 62 remains unassigned, while Fab 52 has been designated for Intel 18A). Per Intel's manufacturing roadmap disclosed earlier this year, Fab 62 will be able to make chips on 18A, 18A-P, and 14A nodes. Intel also confirmed that it has integrated High-NA EUV lithography into high-volume manufacturing (HVM), used to produce select tiles for Panther Lake CPUs at its D1X fab in Oregon; Intel has not explicitly confirmed whether High-NA EUV scanners are currently used to produce the same circuits as Low-NA EUV machines. In addition, construction workers recently installed the first major structural truss at the first fab of the Ohio One complex in New Albany, Ohio, but Intel did not provide an updated construction schedule, disclose when the first fab is expected to begin operations, or reveal which process technology it will use or its estimated capacity. The source does not state the cause (this is a capacity expansion progress update, not a price or disruption event).

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Source: Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2026 · View original source