Taiwan’s Powerchip Teams Up With SBI to Build Japan Foundry
- Details on location, funding and timing undecided, execs say
- Japan investor eyes chipmakers’ needs to fund redundant supply
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Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. and investment firm SBI Holdings Inc. are teaming up to build a foundry in Japan to meet growing demand by manufacturers to source chips locally.
SBI will help raise funds for the new venture, which plans to begin with 40-nanometer and 55nm automotive and industrial chips and produce more advanced 28nm chips in the medium-to-longterm, according to SBI President Yoshitaka Kitao.