Intel Products Vietnam was granted a $500 million capital boost at some point last year. This brings the total investment in Intel's chip assembly and test plant, first announced in 2006, to $1.5 billion.

The plant is Blue Team's largest chip assembly and test manufacturing facility throughout Intel's assembly and test network. Based in Saigon Hi-Tech Park in Vietnam, it is one of 10 manufacturing sites Intel has dotted around the world.

The primary function of the site is to assemble Intel's chips, but the overall complexity is about to increase as the company begins to produce hybrid designs and GPUs and utilize advanced packaging technologies. Intel will also need to bring them together in a single Intel-type package with the help of an outside foundry.

Nguyen Anh Thi, president of Saigon Hi-Tech Park, is grateful for this investment, stating that it "demonstrates Intel's great confidence in the local labor force and Vietnam's stable investment environment."

It is unclear exactly how this will affect the market, but it certainly bodes well for the company as a whole. Intel has stated that this investment should help it "redefine its position in the industry from a CPU to a multi-arch XPU company."

That's right, Intel is broadening its horizons and moving into production of "more complex technologies and new products."

Now, it appears that Intel has not yet given up on manufacturing.