In order to further expand its production capacity and meet market demand, Intel issued a notice that the eighth generation Core will add new packaging plants and join 'Made in China'.
The "XX manufacturing" of Intel processors and the surface of the packaging actually refers to the packaging and testing base. Currently, it is mainly in Vietnam, Malaysia and Chengdu, China. There was still a Costa Rican before it was closed.
Of course, the Intel processor wafers are still manufactured at fabs in the United States, Israel, and Ireland, and then sent to the packaging plant. After integration and testing, we have the processor we have seen.
According to the announcement, the eight generations of Core i7-8700K, i7-8700, i5-8600K, i5-8600, i5-8500, i5-8400 will be added to the Chinese-made version, step by step upgrade to U0, the surface of the box will be printed with 'Made In China' words.
Intel said that the eight generations of Core Duo manufactured in China are identical in functionality and performance to other versions.