# Tsinghua Unigroup plans $24B flash memory fab in Wuhan, China

Tsinghua Unigroup announced plans to build a flash memory fabrication plant near Wuhan, China, costing $24 billion. The fab is expected to produce 300,000 wafers per month starting in 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-13
- Where: Wuhan, Hubei province, China
- Value: $24.0B
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 wafers per month
- Products: flash memory
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Tsinghua Unigroup](https://endata.com/companies/19494.md)

## Sources

- [golem.de](https://www.golem.de/news/tsinghua-unigroup-china-plant-weltweit-zweitgroesste-und-extrem-teure-flash-fab-1701-125578.html), 2017-01-13: "Die Fab bei Wuhan soll 24 Milliarden US-Dollar kosten und ab 2020 Flash-Speicher produzieren."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tsinghua-plant-idUSKBN1532ED/), 2017-01-19: "Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, China's top state chip manufacturer, revealed plans on Thursday to build a $30 billion memory chip factory as the government seeks to boost local production capacity."
- [spacedaily.com](http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chinas_largest_chip_company_to_build_30_billion_semiconductor_factory_999.html), 2017-01-20: "The project 'is of great significance to the independent innovation, large-scale production, and marketization of China's integrated circuit industry'."
- [asiatimes.com](https://asiatimes.com/2017/01/tsinghua-unigroup-build-us30b-nanjing-chip-plant/), 2017-01-20: "The firm is targeting a monthly capacity of 100,000 wafers in phase one of the development which will cost US$10 billion and is located in Nanjing."
- [dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-tsinghua-to-build-30-billion-chip-factory/a-37205299), 2017-01-20: "State-owned Tsinghua Unigroup said in a statement Thursday, the $30-billion (28-billion-euro) Nanjing plant would mainly produce chips used in consumer electronics such as cellphones, cameras and computers."
- [technews.bg](https://technews.bg/article-96511.html), 2017-01-20: "Мощният китайски производител на чипове Tsinghua Unigroup, контролиран от правителството, планира да построи завод за памети на стойност 30 млрд. долара."
- [electronicdesign.com](https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/digital-ics/memory/article/21802194/chinas-tsinghua-unigroup-invests-30-billion-in-memory-chip-fab), 2017-01-25: "Tsinghua divulged plans to build a $30 billion memory chip factory in Nanjing, China."
- [globalsmtasia.com](https://globalsmtasia.com/tsinghua-unigroup-to-build-usd30-billion-semiconductor-project-in-nanjing/), 2017-02-10: "Tsinghua Unigroup said that the first phase of this semiconductor project will have USD10 billion investment and it expects to make 100,000 chips on a monthly basis."

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