挑戰台積電和三星
With the global chip shortage continuing to be front and center, Intel will ramp up its advanced chip manufacturing capacity by spending $20 billion to build two factories in Arizona.
隨著全球晶片短缺問題持續成為焦點，英特爾將斥資200億美元在亞利桑那州建立兩座工廠，提高先進晶片製造能力。
shortage(n.)短缺front and center 非常重要的，成為焦點ramp up 增加;擴大=expandmanufacture(v.)manufacturing(n.)製造;生產
Intel will not only use those factories to make its own chips but also provide capacity for outside customers. It plans to establish a new standalone business called Intel Foundry Services, dedicated to manufacturing chips designed by other semiconductor companies.
英特爾將不僅利用這些工廠生產自己的晶片，還提供產能給外面客戶。英特爾計畫成立新的獨立業務，稱為英特爾晶圓代工服務，專門生產其他半導體公司設計的晶片。
capacity(n.)容積;容量;能力;生產能力standalone(adj.)(企業)獨立的;獨立運作的dedicated(adj.)盡心盡力的;盡職盡責的、專用的;專門的dedicated to 致力於…
The announcement suggests that Intel will continue to focus on manufacturing. The company is one of the few semiconductor companies that both designs and manufactures its own chips. Its strategy is opposite to industry shifts that have led competitors to increasingly separate chip design and chip fabrication.
這項宣布顯示，英特爾將繼續專注於製造。這家公司是少數設計兼製造晶片的半導體公司。公司的策略與業界的轉變背道而馳，這個轉變使得競爭對手逐漸把晶片設計和製造業務分開。
be opposite to 與…相反shift (n.)(v.)改變;轉移separate(v.)分開;分離fabricate(v.)fabrication(n.)製造、編造、捏造 fabricate evidence 捏造證據
The news comes during a global chip shortage that has hampered industries from automobiles to electronics and concerns that the US is lagging behind its rivals in semiconductor manufacturing.
這個消息傳出，是在全球晶片短缺阻礙汽車、電子等產業發展的時候，同時也在外界擔憂美國在半導體製造方面落後競爭對手之際。
hamper(v.)阻礙;妨礙lag behind落後=fall behindrival(n.)競爭對手 =competitor
“Intel is and will remain a leading developer of process technology, a major manufacturer of semiconductors, and the leading provider of silicon globally,” CEO Pat Gelsinger said.
執行長蓋爾辛格說：「英特爾不僅現在，而且在未來都會是領先全球的的製程技術開發商、半導體主要製造商，以及矽晶片的領先供應商。」
process technology 製程技術silicon矽、矽晶片
Gelsinger said the new factories will focus on cutting-edge computing chip manufacturing, instead of the older technologies that some manufacturers specialize in.
蓋爾辛格說，新工廠將專注於尖端的運算晶片製造，而不是有些製造商專攻的舊技術。
cutting-edge(adj.)領先的;最新的;尖端的specialize in… 專門研究;專攻;專門從事
Intel’s move into the foundry industry is posing a challenge to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Samsung Electronics, which have dominated the semiconductor manufacturing business.
英特爾進軍晶圓代工業，對台積電和三星電子造成挑戰，這兩家公司一直在半導體製造業具有主導地位。
pose 造成;引起(尤指問題或困難)pose a challenge to…構成挑戰pose a threat 造成威脅dominate(v.)在…中占首要地位;擁有優勢
“Intel’s investment will help to preserve US technology innovation and leadership, strengthen US economic and national security, and protect and grow thousands of high-tech, high-wage American jobs,” US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement.
美國商務部長雷蒙多在新聞稿中表示：「英特爾的投資將有助於維護美國的技術創新和領導地位，加強美國的經濟和國家安全，保護和發展數千個高科技、高薪的美國就業機會。」
preserve(v.)保護;維護;保存innovate(v.)innovation(n.)改革;創新national security國家安全
Intel said the Arizona expansion will create 3,000 permanent jobs.
英特爾表示，亞利桑那州的擴張計畫將創造3千個全職工作機會。