By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
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Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) yesterday raised its capital expenditure budget for this year by about 34 percent to a ceiling of NT$69.7 billion (US$2.16 billion), from NT$52 billion set earlier, as the DRAM chipmaker invests in new manufacturing equipment to accelerate the production ramp-up of next-generation chips. The additional funds would be used to make advance payments on equipment needed to expand its new 12-inch fab, Fab 5A, Nanya Technology said in a statement. Its board of directors also approved up to NT$346.6 billion in capital expenditures for Fab 5A from this year through 2029, including purchases of extreme ultraviolet equipment, to support the first-phase capacity expansion of 35,900 wafer starts per month, it said.
Nanya Technology Corp president Lee Pei-ing speaks at a news conference in Taipei on March 4.
Nanya Technology plans to produce DRAM chips at the fab using 10 nanometer-class technology and ramp up the fab’s monthly capacity to 30,000 wafer starts per month in 2028 and 35,900 in 2029. The fab’s planned full capacity is 45,000 wafer starts per month, it said.
