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One example is a 300mm wafer fab operated by Sony that closed, but was retrofitted and has returned to service manufacturing image sensors for the company. Figure 1 shows that 40% of fab closures ...

The industry is on pace to have more than 200 300mm fab lines in operation by 2026, forecasts Knometa’s Global Wafer Capacity 2022 At end of 2021, there were 153 semiconductor fabs processing 300mm ...

According to the firm's recent study, the costs of wafers at TSMC's Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona, are only about 10% higher than those of similar wafers processed in Taiwan. "It costs TSMC less ...

Many companies, DRAM and NAND flash suppliers in particular, have become much more active with new fab construction and expansion projects at existing fabs. This surge in activity comes after four ...