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Semiconductor institute located in Jiaxing

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated : Mar 25, 2020

The Third-Generation Semiconductor Industry Institute is set to be located in Jiaxing Science and Technology Town, Nanhu district, Jiaxing, local media reported on March 20.

The news was released at a signing ceremony between the management committee of Jiaxing Science and Technology Town and Zhejiang Bofang Jiaxin Integrated Circuit Technology Co Ltd.

The institute is meant to promote industrial production of gallium nitride power and radio frequency devices and boost the development of the town's third-generation semiconductor industry.

In November of last year, Bofang Jiaxin decided to invest 2.5 billion yuan ($354.35 million) in establishing a production center for gallium nitride power and radio frequency devices in Jiaxing, construction on which began on March 3.

The institute will focus on the R&D of semiconductor materials and technologies and encourage companies from upstream and downstream industries involved in equipment and materials manufacturing, packaging, testing, and design to set up operations in the town.

The institute will also work to attract and cultivate high-caliber professionals and teams for the third-generation semiconductor industry, offer basic services related to the R&D and testing of third-generation semiconductors, and strive to make various other technological and industrial achievements.

The institute is also a significant project of the Microelectronics Industrial Park in Nanhu, which focuses on the 30-billion-yuan digital economy industry centering on the microelectronics sector, a figure representing more than 50 percent of the total industrial output of companies above designed size.

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Representatives from the management committee of Jiaxing Science and Technology Town and Zhejiang Bofang Jiaxin Integrated Circuit Technology Co Ltd sign a cooperation agreement to build the Third-Generation Semiconductor Industry Institute in Jiaxing on March 20. [Photo/Wechat account: jxfabu]

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