| Inmos microprocessor factory | |
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-geograph-6238475-by-Jaggery_(cropped).jpg) The microprocessor factory in 2019 when it was owned by Newport Wafer Fab | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | High-tech |
| Location | Newport |
| Address | Cardiff Road |
| Country | Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°33′57″N 3°01′21″W / 51.56583°N 3.02250°W |
| Construction started | 1980 |
| Completed | 1982 |
| Owner | Vishay Intertechnology |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 8,900 m² |
| Floor count | 1 (factory area) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Project Architects: David Bartlett Pierre Botschi Mike Davies Sally Eaton Michael Elkan Marco Goldschmied Kunimi Hayashi Tim Inskip Julia Marks Peter McMunn Richard Rogers John Young |
| Architecture firm | Richard Rogers Partnership |
| Structural engineer | Anthony Hunt Associates |
| Services engineer | YRM Engineers |
| Quantity surveyor | G A Hanscomb |
| Main contractor | Laing Construction |
| Awards and prizes |
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The Inmos microprocessor factory, also known as the Inmos factory, previously known as Newport Wafer Fab,[2] now known as Nexperia Newport,[3] is a semiconductor fabrication plant for Inmos built in Newport, Wales, UK in 1980. It has gone through numerous changes in ownership. Since March 2024, the factory has been owned by Vishay Intertechnology.
The architects of the award-winning high-tech building were the Richard Rogers Partnership and the factory was the first building in Wales which Richard Rogers designed.[4]
- ^ "Structural Steel Design Awards 1969 - 2011". Steel Construction Info. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ Sharwood, Simon (17 November 2022). "UK forces China company to offload Newport Wafer Fab". Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Barry, Sion (17 November 2023). "Nexperia appoint advisers to look at possible sale of its Newport microchip factory". www.business-live.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "All Projects". Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.