(JNS.org) U.S. chipmaker Intel last week announced that it plans to invest $6 billion to upgrade its facility in southern Israel. Intel said it planned to “upgrade the Kiryat Gat facility to meet future needs,” but didn’t specify any technical details of the project in the announcement. Intel, which began operating in Israel in 1974, has four development centers and two production plants in the Jewish state that employ 9,855 people and produce $1 billion annually.