NXP eyes manufacturing expansion in Singapore

NXP is already discussing the expansion of a Singapore fab yet to be built. This was revealed by a company executive during the chip plant’s groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday. The Visionpower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a 7.8-billion-dollar joint venture between NXP and Taiwan’s Vanguard International Semiconductor, was announced this summer and will manufacture 130nm to 40nm mixed-signal, power management and analog products, targeting the automotive, industrial, consumer and mobile end markets. The underlying process technologies will be licensed from TSMC, which is a major shareholder of Vanguard and NXP’s principal manufacturing partner.