Wuhan Xinxin Launches 300 mm Production Line
Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. has started production of flash memories for Spansion Inc. Plans call for Shanghai-based foundry SMIC, which operates the fab, to acquire all of the assets of Wuhan Xinxin by the end of 2011.
Yao Gang, Editor-in-Chief, SI China -- Semiconductor International, 9/26/2008 8:57:00 AM
At its 300 mm fab operated by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC, Shanghai, China), Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (Wuhan, China) has started production of flash memories for Spansion Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
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| Chinese officials opened the 300 mm fab of Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. |
The fab is producing 65 nm MirrorBit NOR flash now, and next year plans to begin producing 43 nm Spansion MirrorBit Ornand2 flash products. In 2007, Spansion signed on with SMIC as a foundry partner. SMIC President Richard Chang said plans call for the Wuhan fab to move from 65 nm now to 43 nm next year, and then to 32, 25 and 18 nm products. Now, Wuhan Xinxin is processing 3000 wpm with plans to increase to 12,000 wpm next year.
In an interview, Wuhan Xinxin President Liu Danping said that plans call for SMIC to complete its acquisition of all assets of Wuhan Xinxin by the end of 2011.
