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ITRI Breaks Ground on Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center Featuring a 12-Inch Pilot Line

Yesterday, ITRI broke ground at its Hsinchu headquarters for the Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center housing Taiwan's first 12-inch pilot line by a research institution.
Jointly developed by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, the National Development Council and the National Science and Technology Council, the center aims to lower verification barriers and bridge lab research to commercialization, supporting SMEs via specialized chip prototyping.
Offering three core functions — IC design verification, advanced process development, and localized equipment and material validation, the center supports 28–90 nm back-end-of-line R&D with a 30% cycle reduction target.
Materials and equipment suppliers can validate emerging AI chips, silicon photonics, quantum, ASICs, 3D integration, and next-generation memory technologies on-site, accelerating global supply chains and strengthening Taiwan's leadership in the global semiconductor ecosystem.
With international offices and a history of spin-offs, ITRI has helped transform Taiwan's industries and incubated startups like UMC and TSMC, and the center is scheduled for completion by 2027.

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ITRI Breaks Ground on Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center Featuring a 12-Inch Pilot Line

HSINCHU, Feb. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center has officially broken ground at the headquarters campus of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Hsinchu. Jointly developed by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, the National Development Council,…

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