Newport Wafer Fab rebooted with £250M silicon carbide investment

The former Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) facility in South Wales is getting £250 million ($323 million) to start making silicon carbide semiconductors, a year after the sale of the site was approved by UK government.

Britain's largest semiconductor production plant, now officially known as Vishay Newport following acquisition by US chip biz Vishay Intertechnology, is gearing up to produce silicon carbide (SiC) components for use in high-power applications including drivetrain for EVs and wind turbines.