Intel to set aside production in Ireland for auto chips

Industries are facing a global shortage of computer chips

The crisis stems from poor planning during the pandemic and limited chipmaking capacity.

Intel will dedicate production at its plant in Ireland for the manufacture of chips for automakers as the company pushes into a growing market currently buffeted by shortages that have crippled vehicle production.

The chipmaker's facility in Kildare has been used for manufacturing its mainstay computer processors. Intel will convert an unspecified amount of that plant’s output to producing other companies’ designs aimed at the automotive industry, Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger said in a presentation in Munich.