MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Intel Corporation confirms plans to close the assembly test facility operations in the Philippines, the company said.

The company said this is part of a plan to “restructure some of its manufacturing operations and align its manufacturing capacity to current market conditions.”

“The company will consolidate and streamline some older capacity without impacting the deployment of new, leading-edge 45-nanometer and 32-nanometer manufacturing capacity,” it said in a statement.

The company said it will close two existing assembly test facilities in Penang, Malaysia and one in Cavite, Philippines, and will halt production at Fab 20, an older 200 mm wafer fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Also, wafer production operations will end at the D2 facility in Santa Clara, California, it said.

Intel said these actions would affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide.

“However, not all employees will leave Intel; some may be offered positions at other facilities. The actions will take place between now and the end of 2009,” it said.

INQUIRER.net reported earlier that an internal memo was emailed to Philippine-based employees Wednesday, announcing plans to close down the facility in Cavite.