Projecting the SSD technology will become a main driving force of Intel’s core computing business, and a key part of Intel’s strategy to be a foundational supplier of the infrastructure that powers the smart, connected world. Intel is going to invest $5.5 billion in Intel Dalian,China.

Rob Crooke, senior vice president and GM of the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group, blogged about the manufacturing investment and about 2015 being a "memory-able" year for Intel.

Rob Crooke blogged that Intel will utilize its facility in Dalian, China to help expand their manufacturing capacity in non-volatile memory. The expansion is part of its global multi-source supply strategy, and Intel expect initial production of the 3D NAND technology in Dalian in the second half of 2016.

Rob Crooke noted that may invest up to $5.5 billion over the coming years to transition this site to support leading-edge non-volatile memory production. The Intel Dalian facility has been in operation since 2010, producing 65-nanometer products for Intel.