据悉,全球最大的芯片生产商英特尔表示,将向其在爱尔兰的工厂投资16亿欧元,并从2006年起在此厂生产下一代芯片。这是爱尔兰政府迄今批准的最大投资项目之一,该投资举动进一步确立了莱克斯利普为英特尔在欧洲惟一制造基地的地位,该厂亦是英特尔在美国以外最大的运营业务单 It is learned that the world’s largest chip maker Intel said it will invest 1.6 billion euros in its factory in Ireland, and from 2006 onwards in the next generation of chip production plant. This is one of the largest investments approved by the Irish government so far, and the move further establishes Lexley Place as Intel’s sole manufacturing base in Europe, the largest single Intel operating outside the United States