Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test
Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test UMC expands; Ford’s chip woes; ASE ups CapEx; phone shakeup. Chipmakers and OEMs Several foundry vendors are expanding their fab capacity. The latest is UMC, which announced plans to expand capacity at its 300mm Fab 12A Phase 6 (P6) in Taiwan’s Tainan Science Park. UMC has operated in the Tainan Science Park since 1999, when Fab 12A was established as Taiwan’s first 300mm fab. Fab 12A is currently operating at a capacity of approximately 90,000 300mm wafers per month (wpm), with an additional 10,000 wpm being installed at P5 starting in 2021. The P6 ...