Newport Wafer Fab plans £50M expansion to boost chip production

Newport Wafer Fab in South Wales plans to raise over £50 million to nearly double production capacity from 8,000 to 14,000 wafers per week, driven by demand for power supply chips amid a global semiconductor shortage.

“Demand has absolutely skyrocketed in the last three months.”telegraph.co.uk

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• telegraph.co.ukBritain’s biggest microchip factory plots £50m expansion amid global shortageJames TitcombJan 23, 2021

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