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New fab will go to Europe instead Intel boss Pat Gelsinger has announced in an interview with the BBC that a potential new chip fab will no longer be built in Britain citing Brexit as the reason for the decision. Instead it looks as though a European country will host Intel's fab. Before the United Kingdom made its decision to exit the European Union by a tiny margin in a 2016 referendum, it "would have been a site that we would have considered,” according to Gelsinger. “Post-Brexit,” he added, “we now have about 70 proposals for sites across Europe from maybe 10 different countries. We're hopeful that we'll get to agreement on a site, as well as support from the EU... before the end of this year." Intel’s interest in building a new plant has only strengthened following the worldwide chip shortage that has seen prices pushed up for products such as GPUs and processors used in new cars. The US firm hopes to invest $95bn (£70bn) on new and upgraded chip plants in Europe over the next ten years. "Just everything is short right now. And even as I and my peers in the industry are working like crazy to catch up, it's going to be a while," Gelsinger said. That spending matches that of Intel’s rivals in the chip-fabrication market, with Taiwan-based TSMC, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of microchips, spending $100bn over three years, and Samsung putting $205bn into its own semiconductor plants. Intel currently outsources some of its chip manufacturing, but hopes to take it in-house with the development of new plants. "It is clearly part of the motivation of a globally balanced supply chain that nobody should be too dependent on somebody else," Gelsinger told the BBC. -
A mischievous toy dog known affectionately as ‘Dylan the Villain’ won the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England, on Sunday. Dylan is a black, white and brown Papillon - a breed named after the butterfly shape formed by their delicate long-haired ears. He won over the judge at the show’s finale to claim the Best in Show title. The four-day competition saw more than 20,000 dogs from 220 breeds compete at the National Exhibition Centre in central England. The event dates back to 1891 and is one of the largest dog shows in the world, organizers said. “He’s a crazy butterfly,” owner Kathleen Roosens said shortly after Dylan was awarded the show’s top honor. “When all the dogs go outside, he is the one coming in all muddy, from head to toe.” Article created by „reuters”.
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The father of Jihadi bride Shamima Begum today blamed the UK authorities for letting her flee to Syria. Ahmed Ali claimed the teenager did not have a passport when she left her home in Bethnal Green at the age of 15 to marry an ISIS fighter. She is now in a refugee camp in Syria and wants to return to the UK with her baby. In an interview from his home in Bangladesh, Mr Ali, 60, said: “The British immigration system is very informed, the most informed system in the world. I always say how did (Shamima) get there using another one’s passport? She doesn’t even have her own passport. These matters should be investigated.” He also renewed calls for the government to allow his daughter to return to the UK to face punishment. British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has revoked her citizenship. Mr Ali, who lives in the northeastern Bangladeshi district of Sunamganj with his second wife, suggested that his daughter should return to the UK and if she has committed a crime, be punished here. He said: "My child was only 15 years old when she fled, she was immature. I would ask the British government not to cancel her citizenship, to return her citizenship, and if she is guilty, bring her back to Britain and give her punishment there." Mr Ali said he first moved to England in 1975 but then returned to his village in Bangladesh to marry his first wife, Asma Begum, in 1990. The couple, who returned to England, had four daughters with Shamima being the youngest. The 60-year-old later returned to Bangladesh and got married for a second time. Most recently, he came to live in Bangladesh two months ago to escape the UK winter. Mr Ali has criticised British authorities for failing to properly deal with the issue of children who have fled to join ISIS. Article created by Yahoo, you can read more here ( click ).
