# Yangtze Memory Technologies breaks ground on new factory to triple output

Yangtze Memory Technologies broke ground on a new factory to triple its output capacity to 300,000 wafer equivalents per month, as part of China's push to reduce dependence on American semiconductors.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-06-23
- Where: Wuhan, China, China
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 300,000 wafer equivalents per month
- Products: memory chips, NAND flash
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [asia.nikkei.com](https://asia.nikkei.com/business/companies/chinese-chipmaker-to-triple-output-as-decoupling-accelerates), 2020-06-22: "Yangtze Memory Technologies has broken ground on a new factory toward tripling its output capacity to 300,000 wafer equivalents a month."

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