PULLING AHEAD:
TSMC goals to begin manufacturing on the Taichung fab in 2028 utilizing its most advanced know-how, whereas 1.6nm chips could be made in Kaohsiung subsequent yr
-
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is to begin constructing a brand new 1.4-nanometer fab subsequent quarter with an anticipated manufacturing worth of up to NT$500 billion (US$16.49 billion), the Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau stated yesterday.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is working at full steam to push ahead the development of its new factories at residence, moderately than taking a slower strategy as some media speculated, bureau Director-General Hsu Maw-shin (許茂新) stated.
“Everything is on schedule. TSMC plans to start construction in the fourth quarter. It is planning a detailed construction schedule and arranging contractors to build the fab,” Hsu stated.
Photo: CNA
Since TSMC is to make the most of extra advanced course of know-how than the 2-nanometer know-how as initially deliberate, the brand new fab is predicted to generate a manufacturing worth of NT$500 billion, greater than an earlier estimate of NT$485.7 billion, Hsu stated.
The fab is to create about 4,500 jobs, he added.
TSMC in May stated it anticipated to begin constructing a brand new fab, referred to as Fab 25, in Taichung, with an purpose of manufacturing advanced chips in 2028 using 1.4-nanometer know-how, essentially the most advanced know-how.
The chipmaker plans to begin quantity manufacturing of 2-nanometer chips subsequent quarter at fabs in Hsinchu and Kaohsiung, and produce 1.6-nanometer chips within the second half of subsequent yr at fabs in Kaohsiung amid sturdy demand for synthetic intelligence and high-performance computing.
TSMC can also be anticipated to build an advanced know-how facility in Tainan’s Shalun District (沙崙), Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau Director-General Cheng Hsiu-jung (鄭秀絨) stated.
The chipmaker’s capability expansions for advanced packaging know-how within the Southern Taiwan Science Park’s (南部科學園區) campus in Chiayi County’s Taibao City (太保) are at full swing, Cheng stated, refuting media stories a couple of sudden halt.
The firm is even attempting to pull forward of the development schedule, she added.
Separately, corporations primarily based within the nation’s three main science parks are anticipated to generate record-high income of NT$5.5 trillion this yr, National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文) stated at a information convention yesterday.
That would symbolize annual progress of 15.5 p.c from NT$4.76 trillion final yr.
Wu attributed the double-digit progress to the semiconductor business’s robust progress momentum.
During the primary half of this yr, semiconductor corporations within the science parks have seen income soar 34.33 p.c yearly to NT$2.27 trillion, council information confirmed.
Semiconductor corporations had been the main income contributors, making up 83 p.c of the general income of NT$2.74 trillion made by corporations within the science parks through the first half.
Producers of computer systems and associated parts noticed income sink 28.58 p.c year-on-year to NT$89.93 billion within the first half, as some corporations allotted manufacturing abroad in a bid to handle geopolitical tensions and US tariffs, the council stated.