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• Toshiba to build 8" fab in Japan for power device production
  Thursday 1 June 2006 – 04:18
  Toshiba and its subsidiary Kaga Toshiba Electronics (Kaga Toshiba) announced that they would invest over 50 billion yen over the next five years to construct an 8" fab in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan.
• AMD's New York Fab to begin construction in Summer of 2008?
  Tuesday 26 February 2008 – 12:30
  Even though AMD has been going through an increasingly difficult period, plans for the future are not getting sidetracked. Earlier today (Feb 25th), AMD reps filed zoning amendments and an environment impact study for a new fab with the Malta NY...
• AMD to invest $2.5 billion in 300mm fab in Germany
  Tuesday 30 May 2006 – 05:19
  AMD today announced that it plans to invest a total of $2.5 billion to expand its microprocessor manufacturing capacity over the next three years by adding additional 12" wafer production capabilities in Dresden through the implementation of three new projects.
• Samsung to invest in new 12" fab in US
  Monday 17 April 2006 – 04:11
  Samsung Electronics on April 14 announced that the company's board of directors has reached a decision to invest $220 million in a new 300mm fabrication line in the US.
• Displaysearch: TFT LCD fab utilization drops sharply in Q2 2006
  Tuesday 11 July 2006 – 03:42
  Research firm Displaysearch reports that average industry TFT LCD array fab glass input utilization dropped from 94.7% in the third quarter of 2005 to 86.0% in the second quarter of 2006, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2003.
• Intel opens third 65 nm fab, confirms 45 nm on track
  Thursday 22 June 2006 – 07:04
  Intel expands the production capability of 65 nm and future 45 nm processors with the official opening of its third 65 nm facility. Leixlip, Ireland joins the Chandler, AZ, and Hillsboro, OR, factories to protect one of Intel's most valuable assets - the firms lead in chip production techniques and capacity.
• PSC to buy Macronix 12" fab for NAND flash production
  Friday 13 January 2006 – 05:29
  With Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) seeing significant NAND flash foundry demand, as well as ramping its own DDR2 output, the memory maker is looking to acquire a 12" fab from Macronix International Company (MXIC), according to industry sources.
• New wafer fab construction soars in Q2
  Tuesday 1 August 2006 – 04:01
  Strategic Marketing Associates (SMA) forecasts 35 new wafer fabs will begin to ramp the industry's monthly capacity to a new high in 2007 as most of the new fabs that began construction from 2004 will come online in 2007, and they will be joined by 8 of the 11 fabs that just began construction in the second quarter of 2006.
• IBM to fab next-gen VIA CPU
  Wednesday 19 May 2004 – 01:37
  VIA will use IBM's 300mm East Fishkill wafer fab - the foundry already used to punch out CPUs for Apple and Nvidia, and soon Microsoft and Sony - to produce the next generation of its x86 processor family.
• IBM to fab Compaq's Alphas
  Monday 22 February 1999 – 09:02
  Citing sources "close to Compaq" The Register reports that IBM has struck a deal to manufacture Compaq's Alpha microprocessors.
• Samsung to start production at Fab 12 in June, targeting DDR400 and flash markets
  Wednesday 28 May 2003 – 12:41
  Samsung Electronics may begin production at its Fab 12 in June, nearly two months ahead of schedule, as it attempts to gain a leadership position in the DDR400 and flash markets, sources said.
• Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas to build 65 nm fab
  Friday 20 January 2006 – 09:33
  Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas will collaborate on building a new fab that all three companies can use for outsourcing semiconductor manufacturing. According to a press release, the three firms will found a planning company this month, which will be planning and developing the new factory.
• Touring Western Digital's harddrive fab
  Tuesday 12 July 2005 – 07:28
  With the dual-core CPUs and graphics cards hogging up the headlines, it's easy to forget about our trusty magnetic friends, the harddrives. Making these devices is serious business, requiring serious quality control, which is what we found out when we visited the Western Digital Hard Drive factory in Navanakorn, Thailand. Join us on our tour and watch the video we brought home.
• TSMC evaluating 18" wafer fab
  Saturday 21 April 2007 – 02:58
  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has formed a team to evaluate the feasibility of establishing an 18" wafer fab, according to sources....
• SiS shareholders approve fab spin-off
  Tuesday 11 November 2003 – 11:26
  The shareholders of Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) today approved the spin-off of the company's eight" fab.