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Colorado Springs fab

Microchip Technology, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Every field this record holds on the site, its note and every source, as the row states them.

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Operator
Microchip Technology · company page: Microchip Technology
Site
Colorado Springs fab
Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Type
analogue-power
Status
operating
Wafer
150 mm
Nodes
SiC, Si
First output
not recorded
Announced investment
USD 0.88 billion
Map position
38.83, -104.82, on the map

Received CHIPS Act funding; $880m announced SiC/Si capacity expansion, absorbing volume shifted from the closing Tempe fab. Duplicate row microchip-colorado-springs folded in 21 August 2026, and the wafer size was CORRECTED from 200mm to 150mm: the 200mm came from a February 2023 expansion release describing equipment Microchip was going to install, and Microchip's FY2026 10-K says 'Fab 5, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, currently manufactures discrete and specialty products ... on 6-inch wafers', with the 8-inch expansion paused through fiscal 2027. Microchip calls this fab 'Fab 5'.

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Sources

2 sources on this row, in the order the row lists them. The order carries no weight.

Microchip Plans to Invest $880 Million to Expand its Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Silicon (Si) Capacity in Colorado · microchip.com

Microchip Technology Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 31 March 2026 · sec.gov

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Capacity statements

No published capacity statement names this site. Blank is unpublished, not zero.

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