{"id":213371,"date":"2026-02-14T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:35:11","slug":"itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line\/","title":{"rendered":"ITRI Breaks Ground on Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center Featuring a 12-Inch Pilot Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line-302688240.html\">ITRI Breaks Ground on Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center Featuring a 12-Inch Pilot Line<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line-302688240.html\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line-302688240.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-14 06:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.prnewswire.com\">www.prnewswire.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">HSINCHU<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Feb. 14, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center has officially broken ground at the headquarters campus of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Hsinchu. Jointly developed by Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of Economic Affairs, the National Development Council, and the National Science and Technology Council, the center is designed to lower verification barriers for small and mid-sized IC design firms and startups, bridging the gap between laboratory research and industrial commercialization. It will also provide a platform for materials and equipment suppliers to validate emerging technologies. By enabling deployment of cutting-edge technologies such as AI chips, silicon photonics, and quantum technologies, the center will further solidify Taiwan&#8217;s leadership within the global semiconductor ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>          <img title=\"The groundbreaking ceremony for the Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center was held at ITRI headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan.\" data-getimg=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2904281\/photo.jpg?w=500\" id=\"imageid_2\" alt=\"The groundbreaking ceremony for the Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center was held at ITRI headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan.\" class=\"gallery-thumb img-responsive\" rel=\"newsImage\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"fa fa-arrows-alt arrow_styles\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The groundbreaking ceremony for the Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center was held at ITRI headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for completion by the end of 2027, the center will deliver three core functions: innovative IC design verification, advanced process development, and localized equipment and material validation. It will house Taiwan&#8217;s first 12-inch advanced pilot line established by a research institution, complemented by upgraded 8-inch facilities, forming an integrated environment that links chip design, manufacturing, packaging, and testing.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin noted that Taiwan achieved 8.36% economic growth last year, driven largely by the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line-302688240.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITRI Breaks Ground on Advanced Semiconductor R&#038;D Center Featuring a 12-Inch Pilot Line https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/itri-breaks-ground-on-advanced-semiconductor-rd-center-featuring-a-12-inch-pilot-line-302688240.html Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2904281\/photo.jpg?p=facebook","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-213371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-emerging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213373,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213371\/revisions\/213373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}