日前，意法半導體公司（STMicroelectronics）宣布，將大幅度提高其MEMS（微電子機械系統）產能。根據市場方面持續且強勁的需求，預計到2011年底，傳感器產能將突破300萬/天。

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“我們預見到了MEMS在醫療保健，工業和汽車市場需求的增長，所以正在加強我們的生產設備。ST已經作好準備，把微電子機械傳感器溶入到生活中的每個角落，” ST的集團副總裁兼傳感器和高性能模擬產品部總經理Benedetto Vigna說，在一份聲明中表示。

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意法半導體稱，它是世界上第一家制造基于8英寸晶圓工藝MEMS器件主要制造商。在2006年，還擴充了其MEMS制造設備，包括位于意大利的Agrate和Catania工廠(生產傳感器)，位于法國的Rousset和Crolles工廠（生產邏輯芯片），以及位于菲利賓的Kirkop，Malta和Calamba工廠（組裝和測試）。

ST Micro ramps up MEMS production

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MANHASSET, NY -- STMicroelectronics reports it is significantly increasing its MEMS production capacity to more than 3 million sensors a day, by the end of 2011 to sustain exploding demand.

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"We are beefing up our manufacturing machine to anticipate and encourage the adoption of MEMS into such high-growth markets as healthcare, industrial and automotive. ST is well-positioned to make micro-machined sensors ubiquitous in all domains of life," said Benedetto Vigna, group vice president and general manager of ST’s MEMS, Sensors and High Performance Analog Division, in a statement.

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ST claims it was the first major manufacturer in the world to start producing MEMS devices on 8-inch silicon wafers, in 2006, and has expanded its MEMS manufacturing facilities since then to include Agrate and Catania, Italy (sensor fabrication), Rousset and Crolles, France (logic die production), and Kirkop, Malta and Calamba, Philippines (assembly and testing).