STMicroelectronics, a worldwide chief in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, at present introduced they’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a brand new, jointly-operated 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility adjoining to ST’s current 300mm facility in Crolles, France. This facility is focused to ramp at full capability by 2026, with as much as 620,000 300mm wafer per 12 months manufacturing at full build-out (~42% ST and ~58% GF).
ST and GF are dedicated to constructing capability for his or her European and world buyer base. This new facility will assist a number of applied sciences, specifically FD-SOI-based applied sciences, and can cowl a number of variants. This contains GF’s market-leading FDX know-how and ST’s complete know-how roadmap right down to 18nm, that are anticipated to stay in excessive demand for Automotive, IoT, and Cellular functions for the following few many years.
FD-SOI know-how has origins within the Grenoble (France) space. It has been a part of ST know-how and product roadmap in its Crolles facility since its early beginnings, and it was later enabled with differentiation and commercialized for manufacturing at GF’s Dresden facility. FD-SOI affords substantial advantages for designers and prospects, together with ultra-low energy consumption in addition to simpler integration of extra options corresponding to RF connectivity, mmWave and safety.
ST and GF will obtain vital monetary assist from the State of France for the brand new facility. This facility will strongly contribute to the aims of the European Chips Act, together with the objective of Europe reaching 20% of worldwide semiconductor manufacturing by 2030. Along with the sizeable, multi-year funding in superior semiconductor manufacturing in Europe, it’s going to assist the management and resilience of the European know-how ecosystems, from R&D (with the not too long ago introduced cooperation on R&D amongst ST, GF, CEA-Leti and Soitec) to large-volume manufacturing, and assist European and world prospects with extra capability in complicated, superior applied sciences for key end-markets together with automotive, industrial, IoT, and communication infrastructure. The brand new manufacturing facility might be a considerable contributor to world digital and inexperienced transformations – delivering key enabling applied sciences and merchandise. It would generate extra employment on the ST Crolles web site (roughly 1,000 extra workers for the brand new manufacturing facility) and throughout its ecosystem of companions, suppliers and stakeholders.
By working collectively, ST and GF will leverage the economies of scale on the Crolles web site as they speed up semiconductor capability the world wants with excessive capital effectivity.
“This new manufacturing facility will assist our $20 billion+ income ambition. Working with GF will enable us to go sooner, decrease the danger thresholds, and reinforce the European FD-SOI ecosystem. We may have extra capability to assist our European and world prospects as they transition to digitalization and decarbonization” stated Jean-Marc Chery, President and CEO of STMicroelectronics. “ST is reworking its manufacturing base. We have already got a novel place in our 300mm wafer fab in Crolles, France which might be additional strengthened by at present’s announcement. We proceed to take a position into our new 300mm wafer fab in Agrate (close to Milan, Italy), ramping up in H1 2023 with an anticipated full saturation by finish 2025, in addition to in our vertically built-in silicon carbide and gallium nitride manufacturing.”
“Our prospects are searching for broad entry to 22FDX capability for auto and industrial functions.
The brand new facility will embody GF devoted foundry capability for our prospects providing GF’s distinctive innovation and might be managed by GF personnel onsite. This collectively operated, new manufacturing capability enlargement leverages ST’s Crolles current facility infrastructure enabling GF to speed up our development whereas benefiting from economies of scale to ship extra capability in a extremely capital-efficient method on our differentiated 22FDX platform, that has shipped multiple billion chips. With at present’s announcement, we’re increasing GF’s presence inside Europe’s dynamic know-how ecosystem and reinforcing our place because the main semiconductor foundry in Europe,” stated Dr. Thomas Caulfield, CEO GF. “Our world footprint allows GF to not solely meet our prospects capability wants but additionally offers them provide chain safety. The partnership funding with the French authorities, together with our long-term buyer agreements, creates the proper financial mannequin for GF’s funding.”
The venture is topic to the execution of definitive agreements and numerous regulatory approvals, together with from the European Fee’s DG Competitors, and to the completion of the session with ST’s French Works Council.
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