IT Home July 12 news, according to Taiwan media Central News Agency, STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries will invest 5.7 billion euros (approximately 38.532 billion yuan) to build a new semiconductor factory in France. Industry experts believe that will not crowd out STMicroelectronics’ order for from TSMC.
Yesterday, STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries announced that the two companies will build a new, jointly operated semiconductor manufacturing plant near STMicroelectronics’ existing 12-inch wafer fab in Crolles, France. The new The factory is expected to employ 1,000 employees and will receive substantial financial support from the French government.
In this regard, Liu Peizhen, researcher and director of the Industrial Economics Database of Taiwan Economic Research Institute, said that integrated component manufacturing (IDM) factories continue to expand production capacity, especially after experiencing the lessons of the automotive chip shortage in recent years, IDM industry players hope to gain more dominance .
IT House learned that Liu Peizhen pointed out that self-expansion will face heavy cost burdens and may encounter the risk of economic slowdown in the future. IDM factories can cope with the current changes in the entire market trend by setting up joint ventures with wafer foundries. Localized supply chain, in line with local policy development.
According to reports, since TSMC, the leading wafer foundry, has not decided to set up factories in Europe for production, STMicroelectronics can only cooperate with secondary wafer foundries that are willing to invest in Europe. The joint venture between STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries should focus on mature manufacturing processes. STMicroelectronics and TSMC are cooperating on advanced processes and third-generation semiconductors , and TSMC’s orders will not be squeezed out.
