Powerchip Technology

Powerchip Technology plans to build a new 12-inch wafer plant in the Tongluo campus of Hsinchu Science Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, with total investment estimated at nearly NT$300 billion (US$10.1 billion).

Park Systems has signed a contract with Powerchip Technology Corporation to supply atomic force microscopes for microlens measurement production processes in Taiwan, valued at KRW 1.7865 billion, with a contract period ending November 30, 2017.

Hefei Jinghe Integrated Circuit, a joint venture between Taiwan's Powerchip Technology and Hefei, is building a 12-inch driver IC wafer foundry with a total investment of 13.53 billion yuan. Phase 1 has topped out and is expected to start production in October 2017, with a capacity of 40,000 12-inch wafers per month.