Intel's total employment in Massachusetts now exceeds 2,500. Fab 17 to become a major manufacturing center for Intel microprocessors. This represents one of the state's largest manufacturing investments. Intel hired more than 1,000 manufacturing and support employees in Hudson last year. Research and Development in Hudson In October 1999, Intel announced the creation of the Massachusetts Development Center on its Hudson and Bedford campuses.
Similar centers exist in Arizona, California, Texas, Israel and China.
The Bridge Product Operation, which designs and builds products that enhance performance of the PCI bus, the most widely used information channel in today's computers. Handheld Computing Division, which works on processors used in handheld products such as the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC and HP Jornada. The Performance Network Processor Operation, which provides intelligent microprocessor building blocks used for networking equipment. The group's flagship product is the IXP1200 Network Processor, a key component in Intel's Internet Exchange Architecture. The Intel Architecture Group in Hudson builds technology for high-performance embedded software development tools.