That’s according to Apple Insider, which today posted a number of photos taken outside the 70,000 square-foot building, reportedly referred to by employees as “Athena.” Shipments of equipment, wrapped in anti-static foil and labeled “delicate instruments,” have become routine at the facility in the months since Apple acquired it.

This activity suggests that Apple plans to put the facility to work, but for what is far from certain. Apple designs the processors in its mobile devices, but it contracts the actual manufacturing out to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Samsung.

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Exclusive: Apple's top secret 'Athena' chip fab gets new 'delicate equipment'

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