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300mm fabs (from 30) TI reported a huge increase in capital
spending for 2021 with 279% more spent
mand for mature technologies, especially during the year than in 2020. Most of the
28nm CMOS.
money was used to buy new equipment
for the company’s second fab in Richard-
Analog and mixed-signal fab son, Texas, and third 300mm fab overall.
Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics
(and its new fab partner Tower Semicon- Doubling wafer capacity
ductor) are completing the construction The RFAB2 facility will more than double
of 300mm fabs targeted at analog and
mixed-signal IC production. wafer capacity at the Richardson site.
Only two of the new 300mm fabs sched
uled to open in 2022 are for
memory products.
SK hynix is expected to begin
operations on a Phase 2 line
for 3D NAND at its M15 fab
site in Cheongju, Korea, while
Winbond plans to start up a
new DRAM fab in Kaohsiung,
Taiwan.
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