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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="text-align: center">The microprocessor factory in 2019 when it was owned by Newport Wafer Fab</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_2f9c543ee0da73424a9cd6e170c4d9d2844324d2"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Inmos_microprocessor_factory&revid=1244483451&groups=_2f9c543ee0da73424a9cd6e170c4d9d2844324d2" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Inmos_microprocessor_factory&revid=1244483451&groups=_2f9c543ee0da73424a9cd6e170c4d9d2844324d2 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/High-tech_architecture" title="High-tech architecture">High-tech</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">Cardiff Road</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Wales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output 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started</th><td class="infobox-data">1980</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1982</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vishay_Intertechnology" title="Vishay Intertechnology">Vishay Intertechnology</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">8,900 m²</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (factory area)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><small>Project Architects:<br />David Bartlett<br />Pierre Botschi<br /><a href="/wiki/Mike_Davies_(architect)" title="Mike Davies (architect)">Mike Davies</a><br />Sally Eaton<br />Michael Elkan<br /><a href="/wiki/Marco_Goldschmied" title="Marco Goldschmied">Marco Goldschmied</a><br />Kunimi Hayashi<br />Tim Inskip<br />Julia Marks<br />Peter McMunn<br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rogers" title="Richard Rogers">Richard Rogers</a><br />John Young</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architecture firm</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Stirk_Harbour_%2B_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners">Richard Rogers Partnership</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Structural engineer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hunt_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Hunt Associates">Anthony Hunt Associates</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services engineer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RMJM" title="RMJM">YRM Engineers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Quantity surveyor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hanscomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanscomb">G A Hanscomb</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laing_O%27Rourke" title="Laing O'Rourke">Laing Construction</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards and prizes</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Structural Steel Design Award 1982<sup id="cite_ref-1-1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1-1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eurostructpress Award 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> Architecture at Work Award Commendation 1983</li> <li>Constructa-Preis for Overall Excellence in the Field of Architecture 1986</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Inmos microprocessor factory</b>, also known as the <b>Inmos factory</b>, previously known as <b>Newport Wafer Fab</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-reg_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now known as <b>Nexperia Newport</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-NexNew_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NexNew-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plant" title="Semiconductor fabrication plant">semiconductor fabrication plant</a> for <a href="/wiki/Inmos" title="Inmos">Inmos</a> built in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, UK in 1980. It has gone through numerous changes in ownership. Since March 2024, the factory has been owned by <a href="/wiki/Vishay_Intertechnology" title="Vishay Intertechnology">Vishay Intertechnology</a>. </p><p>The architects of the award-winning <a href="/wiki/High-tech_architecture" title="High-tech architecture">high-tech</a> building were the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Stirk_Harbour_%2B_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners">Richard Rogers Partnership</a> and the factory was the first building in Wales which <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rogers" title="Richard Rogers">Richard Rogers</a> designed.<sup id="cite_ref-Richard_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ownership">Ownership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inmos_microprocessor_factory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The building was originally commissioned by Inmos, but by July 1984 <a href="/wiki/Thorn_EMI" title="Thorn EMI">Thorn EMI</a> had taken over Inmos. In March 1989, Thorn EMI sold Inmos to <a href="/wiki/STMicroelectronics" title="STMicroelectronics">SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Book_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sale_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sale-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, a management buyout took over the factory, renaming the business, <i>European Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Business_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Business-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2002, the factory was sold to <a href="/wiki/International_Rectifier" title="International Rectifier">International Rectifier</a> Company (GB) Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-Wafer_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wafer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2015 it was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Infineon_Technologies" title="Infineon Technologies">Infineon Technologies</a>, under its subsidiary company IR Newport Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-IRWafer_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRWafer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, Infineon sold the site to <i>Neptune 6 Limited</i>, under its subsidiary company of <i>Newport Wafer Fab Limited</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Infineon_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Infineon-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IRWafer_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRWafer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021 the site was sold to Chinese-owned Dutch-headquartered <a href="/wiki/Nexperia" title="Nexperia">Nexperia</a>, who also have plants in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nexperia_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nexperia-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kwasi_Kwarteng" title="Kwasi Kwarteng">Kwasi Kwarteng</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business_and_Trade" title="Secretary of State for Business and Trade">Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</a>, deemed the sale insignificant to national security at the time of the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on a report by <a href="/wiki/Datenna" title="Datenna">Datenna</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a> reported on 7 July that about 30% of the shares of Nexperia's parent company <a href="/wiki/Wingtech" title="Wingtech">Wingtech</a> could be traced back to the Chinese government,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, according to Datenna, led to high-level Chinese government influence in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 July 2021, British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> announced that a security review would be launched, overriding Kwarteng's initial assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appointed <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Adviser_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Security Adviser (United Kingdom)">National Security Adviser</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lovegrove" title="Stephen Lovegrove">Stephen Lovegrove</a> as head of the review process.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newport Water Fab only heard about the review through media reports.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2021, Lovegrove assured that the sale was under review but would not go into details.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2022, the investigation was completed and had come to the same conclusion as the previous Deputy National Security Advisor, that the plant was not a national security issue because the technology used was 20 years old and China already had it.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2022, a new Datenna investigation found that the overall percentage of shares traced to Chinese government entities declined to about 20 percent, resulting in a medium risk of government influence.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2022, another investigation was launched under the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_and_Investment_Act_2021" title="National Security and Investment Act 2021">National Security and Investment Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The investigation was supposed to take 30 days<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ended up taking almost 6 months.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 November 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy" title="Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy">Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</a> of the British government ordered Nexperia to divest 86% of its ownership interest in Nexperia Newport Limited (NNL, formerly Newport Wafer Fab) for national security reasons,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which Nexperia has vowed to appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nexperia's UK manager said they rescued an investment-starved company from collapse, [...] repaid taxpayer loans, secured jobs, wages, bonuses and pensions, and agreed to spend more than £80 million on equipment upgrades since early 2021".<sup id="cite_ref-reg_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company said the decision was "legally wrong and disproportionate" in light of changes it had made to address the government's concerns, including a promise not to produce more sophisticated compound semiconductors.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, it was announced Nexperia had engaged <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> law firm, <a href="/wiki/Akin_Gump_Strauss_Hauer_%26_Feld" title="Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld">Akin Gump</a> to act on their behalf in their application for a <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review_in_English_law" title="Judicial review in English law">judicial review</a> of the UK government’s decision.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nexperia agreed to sell the facility to <a href="/wiki/Vishay_Intertechnology" title="Vishay Intertechnology">Vishay Intertechnology</a> for $177 million in November 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nexperia sold 100% of Nexperia Newport Limited, which owned and operated the Newport facility, to Vishay.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2024, the UK government approved the acquisition of the Newport wafer fab, as announced by Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the acquisition by Vishay, the 580 Newport employees retained their positions.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_design_and_construction">History of design and construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inmos_microprocessor_factory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of design and construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inmos_Factory.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Inmos_Factory.jpg/220px-Inmos_Factory.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Inmos_Factory.jpg/330px-Inmos_Factory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Inmos_Factory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="417" data-file-height="340" /></a><figcaption>The former Inmos microprocessor factory in 2007 when it was owned by <a href="/wiki/International_Rectifier" title="International Rectifier">International Rectifier</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Inmos" title="Inmos">Inmos Limited</a> commissioned the Richard Rogers Partnership, now known as Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, to design its UK microprocessor manufacturing facility at Newport. The design criterion was for a fast construction, so that it was ready for operation within one year of starting.<sup id="cite_ref-Build_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Build-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard Rogers until then was known for designing the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre Georges Pompidou">Centre Pompidou</a> in Paris and the <a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_building" title="Lloyd's building">Lloyd's building</a> in London. The main contractor for the construction of the building was <a href="/wiki/Laing_O%27Rourke" title="Laing O'Rourke">Laing Construction</a>, the structural engineers were Anthony Hunt Associates, the services engineers were YRM Engineers and the quantity surveyors were GA Hanscomb Partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-Designer_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Designer-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The technical requirements were that it would house controlled conditions for the production of electronic <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">microchips</a>, a service area for various offices and a staff canteen, all under one roof.<sup id="cite_ref-Build_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Build-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Inmos factory was designed to be a model factory that could be constructed in a variety of locations. The speed of the design process and construction time of the building were critical. The 8,900 square metres (96,000 sq ft) single-storey building was designed to be fabricated off-site, and assembled on the Newport site.<sup id="cite_ref-Designer_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Designer-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building is divided into clean and "dirty" areas. The <a href="/wiki/Cleanroom" title="Cleanroom">cleanroom</a> being for microchip production and the dirty area for all others services in the building. The building has a central spine which is 7.2 metres (24 ft) wide and 106 m (348 ft) from which all the services and production area emanates from eight bays with the potential to increase this to 20 bays.<sup id="cite_ref-Build_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Build-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rogers_book_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rogers_book-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suspended beams span 40m from the central spine with masts along the length of the building allowing for a post-free area,<sup id="cite_ref-Structure_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Structure-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Columbia_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and so providing a flexible interior and the possibility of large work areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Structure_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Structure-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reyner_Banham" title="Reyner Banham">Reyner Banham</a>, the architectural critic and writer, said of the Inmos factory that it was "the first really challenging building of the 1980s."<sup id="cite_ref-Banham_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Banham-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction began in 1980 and was completed by 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Structure_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Structure-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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