Globalfoundries company acquired from the Taiwanese memory Powerchip most of the equipment that was installed at the factory P3, located in the Hsinchu Science Park. The rest of the equipment will be transported to the plants P1 and P2, or sold to other buyers.
Powerchip purchased Macronix factory for about $ 180 million in 2006 and turned the factory into a major center for the production of DRAM chips. Powerchip in November 2011 owed creditors more than $ 1.5 billion in current debt measured by the sum $ 2 billion.
It is expected that in the first quarter this year, Powerchip will completely end the production of DRAM chips and focus on more profitable products.