TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co) is apparently seeking to expand its plans for chip production in Arizona, US. The company is reportedly planning on building several more chip making factories in the State, over the one that it is already planned.
According to a Reuters report, the news arrives from three sources that are close to the matter. For those unaware, the world’s largest contract chip maker announced a year ago that it would be building a 12 billion US Dollars plant in Arizona. This was backed by the Trump administration and its win by bringing global tech supply chains back from China. The firm is set to build a 12 inch wafer fabrication plant in Phoenix and the facility is expected to start volume production in 2024.
At the moment, TSMC produces a majority of its chips in its home country Taiwan while its older chip facilities are set up in China and the US. As per the three sources familiar with the matter, the company is planning on setting up additional fabs in the US state of Arizona. The first fab being set up will have a planned output of 20,000 wafers, each of which contains thousands of chips. These wafers will offer the company’s most advanced 5nm process technology.
On the other hand, it is still unclear how much additional production capacity and investment the additional fabs might output in a month and which technology and process they would offer. Last month, TSMC had announced that it planned to invest 100 billion US Dollars over the next three years to increase production capacity. As per on of the sources, “The United States requested it. Internally TSMC is planning to build up to six fabs.”
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