Texas Instruments Fab Begins Production of 300mm Wafers

A new Texas Instruments fab in Sherman, TX, is now producing 300mm wafers, the venerable chipmaker announced Wednesday. The plant, known as SM1, is the first of four planned fabs on the massive campus. Over time, TI expects the facility to produce tens of millions of chips per day for a range of electronic devices.

"The start of production at our newest wafer fab in Sherman, TX, represents what TI does best: owning every part of the manufacturing process to deliver the foundational semiconductors that are vital for nearly every type of electronic system," said Haviv Ilan, president and CEO of Texas Instruments, in a statement. "As the largest analog and embedded processing semiconductor manufacturer in the U.S., TI is uniquely positioned to provide dependable 300mm semiconductor manufacturing capacity at scale."

SM1 is building chips for power products first, but TI plans to expand its products over time. Products ...