taipeitimes.com, Nov. 27, 2019 –
GlobalWafers Co, the world’s No. 3 supplier of silicon wafers, yesterday held a ceremony to mark completion of a 12-inch fab in South Korea, paving the way for operations to be fully under way by the end of next year.
The fab, which is to be operated by GlobalWafers’ 100 percent-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Co, would concentrate on producing 12-inch wafers for emerging applications like 5G and artificial intelligence, the company said.