Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor has
officially placed two of its fabs up for sale after earlier stating
it would exit the facilities.
ATREG
(Advanced Technology Real Estate Group), the semiconductor division
of Colliers International, has been appointed as advisor to
Freescale in the sale of the company's two operational 150mm
semiconductor manufacturing facilities.
The automotive qualified analogue fab offerings are located in
Toulouse, France, and Sendai, Japan, and include complete process
tool lines and wafer supply agreements.
According to ATREG, the 51-acre Toulouse facility has an
85,000-square foot clean room that manufactures discrete and power
management devices using high voltage, mixed-signal
technologies.
The 22-acre Sendai facility produces flash memory embedded
microcontrollers, analogue/digital embedded microcontrollers,
pressure sensors, and acceleration sensors in an 110,000-square
foot clean room. Production capacities range from 40,000 to 50,000
wafers per month.
"ATREG was selected to fully canvass the global semiconductor
market for prospective buyers," said Rick McFarland, director of
strategy and business operations for Freescale, in a statement.
"Both facilities have well-trained, highly motivated work forces
providing a buyer a significant advantage to quickly and
efficiently bring new products and processes on-line in cost
competitive environments."
ATREG did not disclose fab pricing or a timeline for the
sales.
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News - Electronic News