TSMC plans more 3nm chip factories in big Taiwan production push
TSMC is further increasing its footprint in Taiwan by building four more facilities valued at $10 billion apiece in its production hub in Tainan, intended for the manufacture of 3-nanometer chips.
Apple chip partner TSMC has been working to expand production in a bid to address the global chip shortage. While attempts elsewhere in the world are slowly progressing, work in its native Taiwan is going at a much faster pace.
Following the completion of four new facilities in an industrial park in the city of Tainan as part of TSMC's production hub, the company is starting construction on another four fabs, reports Nikkei Asia. Each of the construction projects will reportedly cost TSMC around $10 billion, and forms part of a $120 billion investment spree.
All four of the new projects are said to house production lines to make 3-nanometer chips. Future products that could be made at these facilities can include Apple's SoCs, including Apple Silicon and A-series chips.
TSMC declared on Friday that it intends to shift to 2-nanometer chip mass production by 2025.
The four facilities are only part of a larger plan to construct more facilities for the company across the island. At least 20 factories are either under construction or have been recently completed, with the projects creating more than 2 million square meters of floor space.
Taiwan isn't the only country where TSMC is building factories, as one Arizona plant project valued at $12 billion is expected to complete construction in March 2023. TSMC has also reportedly negotiated with Singapore's Economic Development Board about a new facility.
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Apple chip partner TSMC has been working to expand production in a bid to address the global chip shortage. While attempts elsewhere in the world are slowly progressing, work in its native Taiwan is going at a much faster pace.
Following the completion of four new facilities in an industrial park in the city of Tainan as part of TSMC's production hub, the company is starting construction on another four fabs, reports Nikkei Asia. Each of the construction projects will reportedly cost TSMC around $10 billion, and forms part of a $120 billion investment spree.
All four of the new projects are said to house production lines to make 3-nanometer chips. Future products that could be made at these facilities can include Apple's SoCs, including Apple Silicon and A-series chips.
TSMC declared on Friday that it intends to shift to 2-nanometer chip mass production by 2025.
The four facilities are only part of a larger plan to construct more facilities for the company across the island. At least 20 factories are either under construction or have been recently completed, with the projects creating more than 2 million square meters of floor space.
Taiwan isn't the only country where TSMC is building factories, as one Arizona plant project valued at $12 billion is expected to complete construction in March 2023. TSMC has also reportedly negotiated with Singapore's Economic Development Board about a new facility.
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It’s far more likely that these plants are Taiwan’s hostages. In other words, “the West will only be forced to go to war for us if we keep most of our plants right here.”
True, but China is winning without firing a shot, most of America’s or Russia’s current problems are self inflicted resource sapping wars, unless they do something stupid the next half century appears to be their’s.
Has anyone heard any news on that Thorium Reactor, that China built?, it is supposed to begin testing last September 2021?
These are not insurmountable problems. China could evolve. But current leadership seems to be heading in exactly the wrong direction. I think this is because they are more interested in pushing nationalist glory than peace and prosperity. In other words, Xi wants to "make China great again." His (and Putin's) best hope is for US democracy to fail and for Trump (or another Trumpy autocrat) to become dictator for life.
the country is undergoing a lap it military buildup as it knows the US is moving from a force aimed at wars in places such as Afghanistan to a major power conflict. They know that then the change is done, they won’t be able to compete, so they’re working on the buildup now, before we get there. But when we do, they’re fleet and other major military atms will be obsolete, so that’s a problem for them.
when China was coming out of the Mao era, it had nothing. So moving at a 10-12% economic clip was easy. But now, it’s much more difficult, as the jaw of large numbers comes into play, and as pay and benefits begin to rival other powers, and they lose their advantages. In another ten years, at most, manufacturing in China will cost as much, or, with the high shipping costs, more than here. Their advantage will be lost. And the US is still the second largest manufacturing and export nation. We were the first until the Bush recession knocked us out of that spot.