Multiple applications of logic and memory chips spur uptake of silicon wafers among semiconductor manufacturers; use in automotive, telecommunication, and aerospace industries underpins lucrative
Wafer Works Corp (合晶科技), the world’s No. 6 silicon wafer supplier, is to invest NT$2.4 billion (US$81.41 million) to expand its 12-inch wafer capacity at an existing plant in the Longtan (龍潭) section of Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區) to meet rising demand for chips used in vehicles, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
Wafer Works in May 2019 received ministry approval for a NT$1.16 billion capacity expansion plan at its Longtan site, allowing the wafer maker to join the government’s Invest in Taiwan initiative, the ministry said in a statement.
The automotive sector accounted for 50 percent of Wafer Works’ total
Taipei, March 28 (CNA) A lockdown to contain a surging COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, where many Taiwanese companies have operations, could have an impact on those firms' shipments, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said on Monday.