Microchip Technology Fab 4 (Gresham campus)
Gresham, OR. Wafer fab.
Microchip Technology, headquartered in Chandler, AZ
Fab 4 capacity expansion (triple production)
Multi-year $800M initiative to roughly triple output at the Gresham 8-inch fab with two new cleanrooms and 160+ tools; expansion investment paused through fiscal 2027.
- Investment
- $800M
- Jobs
- 300
- Announced
- not stated
- Target
- not stated
- Type
- Wafer fab
- Process or product
- Mature-node microcontroller, analog and security products
- Wafer size
- 200mm
- CHIPS Act funding
- $72M (preliminary terms)
Timeline
- Update
Interim CEO Steve Sanghi said CHIPS negotiations with Commerce were on hold, per a Bloomberg report cited by Manufacturing Dive.
Manufacturing Dive - Funding
Commerce signed a non-binding PMT for about $162 million shared by Colorado Springs (about $90M) and Gresham (about $72M).
NIST - Construction milestone
Microchip said the $800M initiative was close to the halfway mark, adding two cleanrooms and over 160 new tools.
Microchip Technology
Sources (9)
- Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities Funded by the CHIPS Act: Project Status and Considerations for Congress (R49031) Congressional Research Service, Jul 14, 2026
- Microchip Technology, Inc. (Oregon) CHIPS for America project page (last modified 2025-01-24) NIST CHIPS for America, Jan 24, 2025
- Microchip to close Tempe, Arizona fab; CHIPS Act negotiations on hold Manufacturing Dive, Dec 11, 2024
- Microchip Technology lands $162 million in CHIPS Act funding for factory expansion ABC15 Arizona, Jan 5, 2024
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Preliminary Terms with Microchip Technology (2024-01-04) NIST, Jan 4, 2024
- Microchip Reaches Milestone to Triple Production Capacity at its Oregon Manufacturing Facility everything RF, Mar 17, 2023
- Microchip Reaches Milestone in $800 Million Multi-Year Initiative Aiming to Triple Semiconductor Production at its Oregon Facility Microchip Technology, Mar 13, 2023
- Microchip Technology Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 2026-03-31 SEC / Microchip Technology
- Microchip Technology to receive $162M in CHIPS Act funding SDxCentral
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