BOISE, ID—Micron Technology Inc. plans to invest approximately $15 billion through the end of the decade to construct a new factory here to make memory chips. This will be the first new memory manufacturing fab built in the U.S. in 20 years, ensuring a domestic supply of memory chips required for automobiles, data centers and other applications.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY—Pall Corp. will build a new facility in western Singapore to make lithography, and wet-etch filtration, separation and purification products that help the advanced node process during semiconductor manufacturing.
New applications such as AI, 5G, IoT, ADAS, AR/VR and others are opening multiple growth opportunities for the semiconductor industry. The adoption of these technologies is generating demand for increased performance.
ROSSLYN, VA—The National Electrical Manufacturers Association recently recommended to the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security the need to establish U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain capabilities in key applications, such as those that use connectivity technologies.
BANNOCKBURN, IL—A new IPC study says congressional action is urgently needed to strengthen the health of the domestic advanced packaging industry if it is to meet increased demand in chip production.
SEOUL—SKC says it will build a 12,000 square-meter plant in Georgia by 2023 to produce a proprietary computing glass substrate for semiconductors. The material will significantly increase the performance and power efficiency of computer chipsets.
BOUSKOURA, Morocco—The global semiconductor company STMicroelectronics says it hopes to procure half of the energy needed for its plant here through wind power by 2022, compared to only 1 percent currently.
BAY CITY, MI—SK Siltron CSS, a semiconductor wafer manufacturer, recently announced plans to invest $300 million over the next three years to provide manufacturing and R&D capabilities of advanced materials for electric vehicles in a new facility here.
On March 26, Stellantis announced that it would temporarily close five North American assembly plants starting April 5. The affected plants are in Illinois, Michigan, Mexico and Canada. At press time, the plants were expected to be closed through mid-April.
WASHINGTON—President Biden’s expansive infrastructure proposal includes $50 billion for the American semiconductor industry. The funding will go toward production incentives and research and design, say administration officials.
