Brazil
Intel is working on stimulus projects in Brazil, one of its rapidly growing markets, and in Chile, Colombia, France, Greece, and Spain.
Taiwan
Intel's revenue from Taiwan was $9.87 bil-lion, making it the company's single largest international market in 2008.
Japan
Last year, Japan was the company's third-largest market overseas, with revenue of $3.99 billion.
China
Stimulus spending on a 40,000-kilometer high-speed-rail project promises to boost Intel's China business, which reached $4.97 bil-lion in 2008.
Wafer Labs Wafer labs, or "fabs" in Intel-speak, are clean facilities that etch billions of transistors onto silicon wafers. The $7 billion investment that Intel announced in February will upgrade fabs in the U.S. |
Test and Assembly Plants At these sites, wafers are cut into chips and assembled into packages with electrical connections. |
A version of this article appeared in the November 2009 issue of Fast Company magazine.
