Overview
Nexchip (Hefei Chipone), founded in 2015 as a joint venture with Taiwan's Powerchip and listed on Shanghai's STAR Market in 2023, operates its Fab 1 in Hefei's Xinzhan zone. The 300mm foundry began mass production in 2017 and is one of the world's largest makers of display driver ICs (DDIC); it also produces CMOS image sensors, power-management and logic chips on 150nm to 40nm nodes, with capacity around 100,000 wafers per month. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Xinzhan Economic Development Zone, Hefei, Anhui, China. It focuses on Logic / Foundry, Sensors and 40, 55, 90, 110, 150 process nodes on 300mm wafers. This site represents an estimated investment of $4.5B and a production capacity of 100,000 wafers per month. Production at this facility commenced in 2017.
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About Nexchip Semiconductor
Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation (εθ₯ζΆειζη΅θ·―, ticker: 688249 on Shanghai STAR Market) is a Chinese pure-play foundry founded in 2015 as a joint venture between Powerchip Semiconductor and Hefei municipal government entities. Headquarters in Hefei, Anhui Province. Specializes in 12-inch wafers at mature nodes (150β40nm), primarily display driver ICs (DDIC) for TVs, laptops, and mobile devices, plus CMOS image sensors and MCUs. Ranked world's 9th largest foundry by revenue in 2025 and 3rd in mainland China (after SMIC and Hua Hong). Monthly capacity: 139,000 wafers (near-full utilization). Revenue: RMB 10.89B (~US$1.58B) for 2025, +17.7% YoY.