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STMicroelectronics, Crolles site
Crolles, France45.28°N 5.88°E
computed criticality25/100
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STMicroelectronics' main advanced-manufacturing hub in France, with 200 mm and 300 mm fabs. A new 300 mm fab co-operated with GlobalFoundries (18 nm FD-SOI and bulk CMOS) is ramping up.
2025Fault line
A major share of France's advanced-etching capacity concentrated on a single site in the Grenoble corridor. Production depends on largely imported substrates and equipment.
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STMicroelectronics
GlobalFoundries
Soitec
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