Vicor celebrates opening of industry's first "ChiP" factory

Vertically integrated factory brings new capacity for power module manufacturing for artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, advanced communications and other high-growth markets.

ANDOVER, Mass., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vicor celebrated the opening of its new, industry-leading power module manufacturing facility on May 18 with a ceremony attended by state and local government officials. The world’s first Converter-Level Package (ChiP™) manufacturing facility, or “ChiP Factory,” enables scalable, automated, and cost-effective power module manufacturing in the United States.

At 10 a.m. on May 18, 2022, state and local government representatives joined Vicor employees and senior management for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 400 Federal Street.

A commemorative ribbon-cutting event will be held at 400 Federal Street in Andover at 10 am on May 18. The production capacity provided by this new ChiP factory will fully meet the large demand of ChiP customers.

With the opening of the new ChiP facility, Vicor has taken an important step toward realizing its vision of creating high-performance, modular power system solutions to meet demanding power needs.

“Our new ChiP facility integrates all the process steps required to manufacture high-density power modules on a similar wafer board, with short production cycles and flexible production capacity,” said Mike McNamara, vice president of operations at Vicor.

An innovative leader that has made history in American manufacturing

The opening of this new facility comes as Vicor celebrates 41 years of leadership in the power electronics industry. Vicor continues to lead the world in energy efficiency through U.S. manufacturing.

The new vertically integrated ChiP factory uses a patented manufacturing process to further differentiate Vicor power modules by enabling solutions with maximum power density and energy efficiency.

Vicor ChiPs are manufactured in panel form using process steps similar to those in a semiconductor fab.