MALTA, NY—Lockheed Martin and GlobalFoundries (GF) are collaborating to advance U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and innovation and to increase the security, reliability and resiliency of domestic supply chains for national security systems.
WICHITA, KS—Integra Technologies, the largest U.S. outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) company, plans to invest $1.8 billion to build a large-scale manufacturing facility here.
BOISE, ID—Micron Technology Inc. plans to invest approximately $15 billion through the end of the decade to construct a new factory here to make memory chips. This will be the first new memory manufacturing fab built in the U.S. in 20 years, ensuring a domestic supply of memory chips required for automobiles, data centers and other applications.
DETROIT—The global shortage of computer chips and other parts has forced General Motors to build some 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second quarter.
KARIYA, Japan—Automotive supplier DENSO Corp. and United Semiconductor Japan Co. Ltd. (USJC) have agreed to collaborate on the production of power semiconductors at USJC’s 300-millimeter fab to serve growing demand in the automotive market.
SAO PAULO—The ongoing worldwide chip shortage has forced Mercedes-Benz to shut down two of its assembly plants in Brazil from April 18 to May 3, idling some 5.600 workers.
In January, Intel announced that it will invest $20 billion in a new microchip manufacturing facility near Columbus, OH. The fab is expected to create 3,000 company jobs, 7,000 construction jobs, and tens of thousands of additional jobs for suppliers and partners.