The world’s largest contract chipmaker is opening a second fabrication plant in Arizona to produce advanced semiconductor technology, as the U.S. government seeks to shore up America’s chipmaking supply chain.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), a major supplier to Apple, announced today that the second fabrication plant (or “fab”) will bring the company’s total investment in its manufacturing site north of Phoenix to $40 billion. The fab has started construction and is slated to begin production of cutting-edge 3-nanometer process technology in 2026.
The site’s initial fab, which broke ground last year with a planned investment of $12 billion, will produce chips using the less advanced 4-nanometer process. When complete, the two fabs will crank out more than 600,000 wafers per year, generating an estimated $40 billion of end-product value, according to TSMC….