TSMC starts construction of $12bn Arizona chip plant
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/TSMC-starts-construction-of-12bn-Arizona-chip-plantJune 2, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has started building a $12 billion chipmaking plant in Arizona, the company said on Wednesday, bolstering Washington's aim of strengthening the American chipmaking industry.
The factory will be TSMC's first in the U.S. in two decades and is set to begin production by 2024. The Taiwanese company is the world's biggest contract chipmaker and an important supplier to Apple and Google.
"The Arizona plant is currently under construction," TSMC chief executive C.C. Wei said at an online technology symposium. He said the facility, dubbed Fab 21, will eventually build advanced 5-nanometer chips, similar to those used in the latest iPhone 12 processors....
