ProAsia Semiconductor Corp (積亞半導體, PASC) plans to invest NT$3 billion (US$107.63 million) to make third-generation semiconductor materials at Hsinchu Science Park, with an eye on the fast-growing electric vehicle, 5G and green energy markets, the Ministry of Science and Technology said yesterday.
PASC is a newly created subsidiary of Optotech Corp (台亞半導體), a 30-year-old supplier of LED chips in Taiwan.
Optech’s board of directors in December last year approved a plan to indirectly invest NT$3.1 billion in PASC’s founding to make inroads into the new semiconductor material market.
The company develops and makes MOSFET metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors and silicon