Will intel have to shut a fab unit?

I thought they already did.
It's not like they are producing less, it's just that they aren't producing as many more. They may not need any more shifts on the fabs that are running, or any new fabs, but thier production is still increasing. They will only close fabs, long enough to retool.

well, Intel slashed 600 million from projected earnings this quarter. I'm not sure how that effects factory operations though.

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i bet atleast one fab is dedicated to producing Pentium 3's for the xbox. There are a hell of alot of them sold

It may not be a case of having to shut a FAB, but want too, give the new low end XBox processor (probablu also on IBM's 90nm process) and allow them to move their own Fabs onto finer geometries...
Or maybe Inter want to produce a lot mor networking chips for 1G and 10G ethernet switches and routers!!!

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