# NXP opens GaN fab for 5G RF power amplifiers in Chandler, Arizona

NXP Semiconductors has opened a new 150 mm (6-inch) RF Gallium Nitride (GaN) fab in Chandler, Arizona, the most advanced GaN fab for 5G RF power amplifiers in the United States.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-09-29
- Where: Chandler, Arizona, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Starts operating: 29 Sep 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 150 mm (6-inch) wafer fab
- Products: RF Gallium Nitride (GaN) power amplifiers, 5G base station components
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [NXP Semiconductors](https://endata.com/companies/19521.md)

## Sources

- [nxp.com](https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/newsroom/NW-5G-NEW-GALLIUM-NITRIDE-FAB), 2020-09-29: "Today marks a critical milestone for NXP. By building this incredible facility and tapping key talent in , we are able to bring focus to GaN technology as part of driving the next generation of 5G base station infrastructure."
- [investors.nxp.com](https://investors.nxp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nxp-advances-5g-new-gallium-nitride-fab-arizona/), 2020-09-29: "NXP today announced the grand opening of its 150 mm (6-inch) RF Gallium Nitride (GaN) fab in Chandler, Arizona, the most advanced fab dedicated to 5G RF power amplifiers in the United States."
- [telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/dutch-chipmaker-nxp-opens-gallium-nitride-5g-chip-plant-in-arizona/78397806), 2020-09-30: "Netherlands-based chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV on Tuesday said it has opened a factory in the U.S. state of Arizona to manufacture chips used in fifth-generation (5G) telecommunications equipment."
- [semiconductor-today.com](https://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2020/oct/nxp-011020.shtml), 2020-10-01: "Today marks a critical milestone for NXP."
- [news.pcim.mesago.com](https://news.pcim.mesago.com/nxp-advances-5g-with-new-gallium-nitride-fab-in-arizona-a-968479/), 2020-10-05: "Today marks a critical milestone for NXP."
- [powerelectronicsnews.com](https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/nxp-opens-new-150-mm-gan-fab-in-arizona-to-support-5g-growth/), 2020-11-09: "Supply security is one reason to have our own fab, as well as the need to be able to evolve the technology faster for GaN over the next decade."

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