# Chongqing Alpha and Omega Semiconductor to start production in March 2018

Chongqing Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, a joint venture, will begin trial production at its 12-inch power semiconductor chip manufacturing and packaging testing facility in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, in March 2018. The total investment is $1 billion.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-02-27
- Where: Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, China
- Value: $1.00B
- Starts operating: Mar 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: Phase 1: 20,000 wafers/month, 500 million chips/month packaging/testing; Phase 2: 50,000 wafers/month, 1.25 billion chips/month packaging/testing
- Products: 12-inch power semiconductor chips, packaged semiconductor chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Alpha and Omega Semiconductor](https://endata.com/companies/20242.md)
- [Chongqing Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/30325.md)

## Sources

- [cq.cri.cn](https://cq.cri.cn/20180227/b60425cc-d2e5-88e6-c7b3-881c2a287c77.html), 2018-02-27: "预计今年3月，封装测试厂将开始试生产；今年三季度，晶圆厂将开始试生产；今年年底，所有工程将全面完工、开始投产。"

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