# YMTC to start trial production at Wuhan memory fab by end of 2018

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) plans to start trial production at its NAND flash memory fab in Wuhan, China by the end of 2018, with mass production targeted for early 2019. The total investment is $24 billion, and Phase 1 capacity target is 300,000 wafers per month.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-14
- Where: Wuhan, Hubei province, China
- Value: $24.0B
- Starts operating: Dec 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 300,000 wafers per month (Phase 1)
- Products: NAND flash memory
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.](https://endata.com/companies/21075.md)
- [XMC](https://endata.com/companies/35047.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [kipost.net](https://www.kipost.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=10106), 2018-11-14: "중국 창장메모리(YMTC)가 240억 달러를 투자해 우한에 짓고 있는 메모리 반도체 공장이 연내 시생산에 돌입할 것이라고 보도했다."

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