Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/11
By: Chang Chien-chung and Frances Huang
Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Powerchip Technology Corp., a contract semiconductor maker
Powerchip founder Frank Huang
from Taiwan, is planning to invest almost NT$300 billion (US$10.08 billion) to build a wafer foundry in northern Taiwan.
Powerchip founder Frank Huang (黃崇仁) said at a news conference on Thursday that the company aims to build a 12-inch wafer plant on a 11.04 hectare plot of land in Tongluo Township, Miaoli County, with construction scheduled to start in 2020.
Huang said the planned 12-inch wafer plant is expected to have a full capacity of 100,000 units a month.
Total investment in the new 12-inch wafer plant will be NT$278 billion in four phases, he added. [FULL STORY]
