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[โ€“] Mihies@programming.dev 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

German as built in Germany.

GlobalFoundries in Dresden and X-FAB in Erfurt

[โ€“] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

X-FAB

Seems to have been originally German and still has the headquarter in Germany.

[โ€“] Mihies@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's a Belgium company now, right? Still much better then an outside EU one.

[โ€“] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes, the owner is Belgian. After reunification it got sold to Belgian Melexis NV, but itโ€™s unclear to me how closly they are still related.

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE is located in Tessenderlo. SE means that it follows EU corporate law. Every fab is its own subsidiary company following the national corporate law. None is located in Belgium.

X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries GmbH is located in Erfurt and probably who is getting the subsidy.

Edit: The owners are

  • Elex NV (25%; located in Belgium)
  • Sensinnovat BV (24.9%; located in Tessenderlo)
  • Sarawak Technology Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (11.4%; owhned by the government of Sarawak in Malaysia)
  • public shares (38.7%)