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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (49170)	7/13/2001 10:16:16 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Will SIS build 300-mm fab? Most observers doubt that Taiwan's Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SIS) will ever build a 300-mm wafer fab. However, the Hsinchu-based PC chip set maker insists it will build a 300-mm plant, but the company has quietly changed its site selection for the proposed fab. Originally, SIS hoped to build a 300-mm plant at the new science park in Tainan, which located at the southern part of the Taiwan island. But SIS quickly scrapped those plans after it discovered that the high-speed train system near the park would cause vibration problems for the proposed fab. Other Taiwan chip makers, including Winbond Electronics Corp., also scrapped plans to build fabs in Tainan. Meanwhile, SIS has recently acquired some land at the new Luchu science park, which is located near the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung. SIS claims it will build a 300-mm fab on the site at some point in the future, but most local industry observers are skeptical-and for good reason. After being fabless for many years, SIS last year began to ramp up its own 8-inch wafer fab in Hsinchu. But for the most part, the company has experienced poor utilization rates and yields in the fab, sources said. --M.L.