Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte Ltd, the big Singapore chip foundry, has finalised plans for its second fab, winning Actel Corp, Brooktree Corp and Rockwell International Corp as investors, each of which gets a minority stake: each investor will be guaranteed capacity in the new facility, which is scheduled to begin operations in late 1995; the estimated cost is $800m, and Fab II will have output capacity of 24,000 8 wafers a month, with technology processes ranging from 0.5 to 0.2 microns; the existing fab operates at near-capacity with monthly production exceeding 24,000 6 wafers, the company notes; Brooktree was the only investor to reveal how much it has put up – it has invested $10m.
