TSMC

Not to be confused with Taiwan Semiconductor Company Limited.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor)^[3][4] is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's second most valuable semiconductor company,^[5] the world's largest dedicated independent ("pure-play") semiconductor foundry,^[6] and its country's largest company,^[7][8] with headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is majority owned by foreign investors,^[9] and the central government of Taiwan is the largest shareholder.^[10]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

One of TSMC's factories in Taichung's Central Taiwan Science Park
Native name	台積電
Type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2330 NYSE: TSM
ISIN	US8740391003
Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan (21 February 1987; 36 years ago (1987-02-21))
Founder	Morris Chang
Headquarters	Hsinchu Science Park , Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mark Liu (Chairman) C.C. Wei (CEO and vice-chairman)
Production output	15 million 12-inch equivalent wafers (2022)
Services	Manufacture of integrated circuits mask services integrated circuits packaging multi wafer foundry services
Revenue	US$73.67 billion (2022)
Operating income	US$36.49 billion (2022)
Net income	US$32.32 billion (2022)
Total assets	US$161.6 billion (2022)
Total equity	US$94.95 billion (2022)
Number of employees	73,090 (2022)
Subsidiaries	WaferTech TSMC Nanjing Company Ltd. SSMC JASM
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān Jītǐ Diànlù Zhìzào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ ㄐㄧ ㄊㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄣˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ Wade–Giles T'ai^2-wan^1 Chi^1-t'i^3 Tien^4-lu^4 Chih^4-tsao^4 Ku^3-fen^4 You^3-hsien^4 Kung^1-ssŭ^1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân chek-thé tiān-lō͘ chè-chō kó͘-hūn iú-hān kong-si Tâi-lô Tâi-uân tsik-thé tiān-lōo tsè-tsō kóo-hūn iú-hān kong-si
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese	台積電
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tái Jī Diàn Wade–Giles T'ai^2 Chi^1 Tien^4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-chek-tiān Tâi-lô Tâi-tsik-tiān
Website	tsmc.com
Footnotes / references ^[1]^[2]

TSMC was founded in Taiwan in 1987 by Morris Chang as the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry. It has long been the leading company in its field.^[11][12] When Chang retired in 2018, after 31 years of TSMC leadership, Mark Liu became chairman and C. C. Wei became Chief Executive.^[13][14] It has been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2330) since 1993; in 1997 it became the first Taiwanese company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TSM). Since 1994, TSMC has had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.4% in revenue and a CAGR of 16.1% in earnings.^[15]

Most of the leading fabless semiconductor companies such as AMD, Apple, ARM, Broadcom, Marvell, MediaTek, Qualcomm and Nvidia, are customers of TSMC, as are emerging companies such as Allwinner Technology, HiSilicon, Spectra7, and UNISOC.^[16] Leading programmable logic device companies Xilinx and previously Altera also make or made use of TSMC's foundry services.^[17] Some integrated device manufacturers that have their own fabrication facilities, such as Intel, NXP, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments, outsource some of their production to TSMC.^[18][19] At least one semiconductor company, LSI, re-sells TSMC wafers through its ASIC design services and design IP portfolio.^{[dubious ]}

TSMC has a global capacity of about thirteen million 300 mm-equivalent wafers per year as of 2020 and makes chips for customers with process nodes from 2 microns to 3 nanometres. TSMC was the first foundry to market 7-nanometre and 5-nanometre (used by the 2020 Apple A14 and M1 SoCs, the MediaTek Dimensity 8100, and AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors) production capabilities, and the first to commercialize extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology in high volume.

History

In 1986, Li Kwoh-ting, representing the Executive Yuan, invited Morris Chang to serve as the president of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and offered him a blank check to build Taiwan’s chip industry. At that time, the Taiwanese government wanted to develop its semiconductor industry, but its high investment and high risk nature made it difficult to find investors. Texas Instruments and Intel turned down Chang. Only Philips was willing to sign a joint venture contract with Taiwan to put up $58 million, transfer its production technology, and license intellectual property in exchange for a 27.5 percent stake in TSMC. Alongside generous tax benefits, the Taiwanese government provided another 48 percent of the startup capital for TSMC, and the rest of the capital was raised from several of the island's wealthiest families, who owned firms that specialized in plastics, textiles, and chemicals. These wealthy Taiwanese were directly "asked" by the government to invest. "What generally happened was that one of the ministers in the government would call a businessman in Taiwan," Chang explained, "to get him to invest." From day one, TSMC was not really a private business: it was a project of the Taiwanese state. ^[20][21][22] Its first CEO was James E. Dykes, who left after a year and Morris Chang became the CEO.^[23]

Since then, the company has continued to grow, albeit subject to the cycles of demand. In 2011, the company planned to increase research and development expenditures by almost 39% to NT$50 billion to fend off growing competition.^[24] The company also planned to expand capacity by 30% in 2011 to meet strong market demand.^[25] In May 2014, TSMC's board of directors approved capital appropriations of US$568 million to increase and improve manufacturing capabilities after the company forecast higher than expected demand.^[26] In August 2014, TSMC's board of directors approved additional capital appropriations of US$3.05 billion.^[27]

In 2011, it was reported that TSMC had begun trial production of the A5 SoC and A6 SoCs for Apple's iPad and iPhone devices.^[28][29] According to reports,^[30] in May 2014 Apple sourced its A8 and A8X SoCs from TSMC.^[31][32] Apple then sourced the A9 SoC with both TSMC and Samsung (to increase volume for iPhone 6S launch) and the A9X exclusively with TSMC, thus resolving the issue of sourcing a chip in two different microarchitecture sizes. As of 2014, Apple was TSMC's most important customer.^[32][33]

In October 2014, ARM and TSMC announced a new multi-year agreement for the development of ARM based 10 nm FinFET processors.^[34]

In 2020, TSMC became the first semiconductor company in the world to sign up for the RE100 initiative, pledging to use 100% renewable energy by 2050.^[35] TSMC accounts for roughly 5% of the energy consumption in Taiwan, even exceeding that of the capital city Taipei. This initiative was thus expected to accelerate the transformation to renewable energy in the country.^[36]

For 2020, TSMC had a net income of US$17.60 billion on a consolidated revenue of US$45.51 billion, an increase of 57.5% and 31.4% respectively from the 2019 level of US$11.18 billion net income and US$34.63 billion consolidated revenue.^[37] Its market capitalization was over $550 billion^{[clarification needed]} in April 2021.^{[citation needed]} TSMC's revenue in the first quarter of 2020 reached US$10 billion,^[38] while its market capitalization was US$254 billion.^[39] TSMC's market capitalization reached a value of NT$1.9 trillion (US$63.4 billion) in December 2010.^[40] It was ranked 70th in the FT Global 500 2013 list of the world's most highly valued companies with a capitalization of US$86.7 billion,^[41] while reaching US$110 billion in May 2014.^[39] In March 2017, TSMC's market capitalization surpassed that of semiconductor giant Intel for the first time, hitting NT$5.14 trillion (US$168.4 billion), with Intel's at US$165.7 billion.^[42] On 27 June 2020, TSMC briefly became the world's 10th most valuable company, with a market capitalization of US$410 billion.^[43]

As the risk of a war between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China increases, TSMC and its investors have explored options to mitigate the consequences of such an event. Since the beginning of the 2020s, TSMC has expanded its operations outside of the island of Taiwan, opening new fabs in Japan and the United States, with further plans for expansion into Germany.^[44] In July 2020, TSMC confirmed it would halt the shipment of silicon wafers to Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei and its subsidiary HiSilicon by 14 September.^[45][46]

In November 2020, officials in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States approved TSMC's plan to build a $12 billion chip plant in the city. The decision to locate a plant in the US came after the Trump administration warned about the issues concerning the world's electronics made outside of the U.S.^[47] In 2021, news reports claimed that the facility might be tripled to roughly a $35 billion investment with six factories.^[48] See TSMC § Arizona for more details.

In June 2021, following nearly a year of public controversy surrounding its COVID-19 vaccine shortage,^{[49][50][51][52]} with only about 10% of its 23.5 million population vaccinated;^[49] Taiwan agreed to allow TSMC and Foxconn to jointly negotiate purchasing COVID-19 vaccines on its behalf.^[51][49] In July 2021, BioNTech's Chinese sales agent Fosun Pharma announced that the two technology manufacturers had reached an agreement to purchase 10 million BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from Germany.^[51][49] TSMC and Foxconn pledged to each buy five million doses for up to $175 million,^[51] for donation to Taiwan's vaccination program.^[49]

Due to the 2020–2023 global semiconductor shortage, Taiwanese competitor United Microelectronics raised prices approximately 7–9 percent, and prices for TSMC's more mature processors will be raised by about 20 percent.^[53]

In November 2021, TSMC and Sony announced that TSMC would be establishing a new subsidiary named Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing [ja; zh] (JASM) in Kumamoto, Japan. The new subsidiary will manufacture 22- and 28-nanometer processes. The initial investment will be approximately $7 billion, with Sony investing approximately $500 million for a less than 20% stake. Construction of the fabrication plant is expected to start in 2022, with production targeted to begin two years later in 2024.^[54][55]

In February 2022, TSMC, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, and Denso announced that Denso would take a more than 10% equity stake in JASM with a US$0.35 billion investment, amid a scarcity of chips for automobiles.^[56][57][58] TSMC will also enhance JASM's capabilities with 12/16 nanometer FinFET process technology in addition to the previously announced 22/28 nanometer process and increase monthly production capacity from 45,000 to 55,000 12-inch wafers.^[56][57][58] The total capital expenditure for JASM's Kumamoto fab is estimated to be approximately US$8.6 billion.^[56][57][58] The Japanese government wants JASM to supply essential chips to Japan's electronic device makers and auto companies as trade friction between the United States and China threatens to disrupt supply chains.^[56][57][58] The fab is expected to directly create about 1,700 high-tech professional jobs.^[56][57]

In July 2022, TSMC announced the company had posted a record profit in the second quarter, with net income up 76.4 percent year-over-year. The company saw steady growth in the automotive and data center sectors with some weakness in the consumer market. Some of the capital expenditures are projected to be pushed up to 2023.^[59]

In the third quarter of 2022, Berkshire Hathaway disclosed purchase of 60 million shares in TSMC, acquiring a $4.1 billion stake, making it one of its largest holdings in a technology company.^[60] However, Berkshire sold off 86.2% of its stake by the next quarter citing geopolitical tensions as a factor.^[61][62]

Patent dispute with GlobalFoundries

On 26 August 2019, GlobalFoundries filed several patent infringement lawsuits against TSMC in the US and Germany claiming that TSMC's 7 nm, 10 nm, 12 nm, 16 nm, and 28 nm nodes infringed 16 of their patents.^[63] GlobalFoundries named twenty defendants.^[64] TSMC said that they were confident that the allegations were baseless.^[65]

On 1 October 2019, TSMC filed patent infringement lawsuits against GlobalFoundries in the US, Germany and Singapore, claiming that GlobalFoundries' 12 nm, 14 nm, 22 nm, 28 nm and 40 nm nodes infringed 25 of their patents.^[66]

On 29 October 2019, TSMC and GlobalFoundries announced a resolution to the dispute, agreeing to a life-of-patents cross-license for all of their existing semiconductor patents and new patents for the next 10 years.^{[67][68][69][70][71]}

Sales and market trends

Yearly revenues in million NT$^[72]

1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
43,927	50,422	73,067	166,189	125,881	162,301	202,997	257,213	266,565	317,407
2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
322,631	333,158	295,742	419,538	427,081	506,754	597,024	762,806	843,497	947,938
2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
977,477	1,031,474	1,069,985	1,339,255	1,587,415	2,263,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2012	105,615	128,186	141,499	131,445
2013	132,755	155,886	162,577	145,806
2014	148,215	183,020	209,050	222,520
2015	222,034	205,440	212,505	203,518
2016	203,495	221,810	260,406	262,227
2017	233,914	213,855	252,107	277,570
2018	248,079	233,276	260,348	289,771
2019	218,704	240,999	293,045	317,237
2020	310,597	310,699	356,426	361,533
2021	362,410	372,150	414,670	438,190
2022	491,080	534,140	613,140	625,530
2023	508,633	480,841

TSMC and the rest of the foundry industry are exposed to the cyclical industrial dynamics of the semiconductor industry. TSMC must ensure its production capacity to meet strong customer demand during upturns. However, during downturns, it must contend with excess capacity because of weak demand and the high fixed costs associated with its manufacturing facilities.^[74] As a result, the company's financial results tend to fluctuate with a cycle time of a few years. This is more apparent in earnings than revenues because of the general trend of revenue and capacity growth. TSMC's business has generally also been seasonal, with a peak in Q3 and a low in Q1.

In 2014, TSMC was at the forefront of the foundry industry for high-performance, low-power applications,^[75][76] leading major smartphone chip companies such as Qualcomm,^[77][78] Mediatek^[78][79] and Apple^[31][33] to place an increasing amount of orders.^[75] While the competitors in the foundry industry (primarily GlobalFoundries and United Microelectronics Corporation) have encountered difficulties ramping leading-edge 28 nm capacity,^[79] the leading Integrated Device Manufacturers such as Samsung and Intel that seek to offer foundry capacity to third parties were also unable to match the requirements for advanced mobile applications.^[76]

For most of 2014, TSMC saw a continuing increase in revenues due to increased demand, primarily due to chips for smartphone applications. TSMC raised its financial guidance in March 2014 and posted 'unseasonably strong' first-quarter results.^[26][80] For Q2 2014, revenues came in at NT$183 billion, with 28 nm technology business growing more than 30% from the previous quarter.^[81] Lead times for chip orders at TSMC increased due to a tight capacity situation, putting fabless chip companies at risk of not meeting their sales expectations or shipment schedules,^[82] and in August 2014 it was reported that TSMC's production capacity for the fourth quarter of 2014 was already almost fully booked, a scenario that had not occurred for many years, which was described as being due to a ripple-effect due to TSMC landing CPU orders from Apple.^[83]

However, monthly sales for 2014 peaked in October, decreasing by 10% in November due to cautious inventory adjustment actions taken by some of its customers.^[84] TSMC's revenue for 2014 saw growth of 28% over the previous year, while TSMC forecasted that revenue for 2015 would grow by 15 to 20 percent from 2014, thanks to strong demand for its 20 nm process, new 16 nm FinFET process technology as well as continuing demand for 28 nm, and demand for less advanced chip fabrication in its 200mm fabs.^[84]

Technologies

 

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which uses the GP104 die manufactured by TSMC on its 16 nm node

TSMC's N7+ is the first commercially available extreme-ultraviolet lithographic process in the semiconductor industry.^[85] It uses ultraviolet patterning and enables more acute circuits to be implemented on the silicon. N7+ offers a 15–20% higher transistor density and 10% reduction in power consumption than previous technology.^[86][87] The N7 achieved the fastest ever volume time to market, faster than 10 nm and 16 nm.^[88]

The N5 iteration doubles transistor density and improves performance by an additional 15%.^[89][90]

Production capabilities

On 300 mm wafers, TSMC has silicon lithography on node sizes:

• 0.13 μm (options: general-purpose (G), low-power (LP), high-performance low-voltage (LV)).
• 90 nm (based upon 80GC from Q4/2006),
• 65 nm (options: general-purpose (GP), low-power (LP), ultra-low power (ULP), LPG).
• 55 nm (options: general-purpose (GP), low-power (LP)).
• 40 nm (options: general-purpose (GP), low-power (LP), ultra-low power (ULP)).^[91]
• 28 nm (options: high-performance (HP), high-performance mobile (HPM), high-performance computing (HPC), high-performance low-power (HPL), low-power (LP), high-performance computing Plus (HPC+), ultra-low power (ULP)) with HKMG.^[92]
• 22 nm (options: ultra-low power (ULP), ultra-low leakage (ULL))^[93]
• 20 nm^[94]
• 16 nm (options: FinFET (FF), FinFET Plus (FF+), FinFET Compact (FFC))^[95]
• 12 nm (options: FinFET Compact (FFC), FinFET Nvidia (FFN)), enhanced version of 16 nm process.^[96]
• 10 nm (options: FinFET (FF))^[97]
• 7 nm (options: FinFET (FF), FinFET Plus (FF+), FinFET Pro (FFP), high-performance computing (HPC))^[98]
• 6 nm (options: FinFET (FF)), risk production started in Q1 2020, enhanced version of 7 nm process.^[99]
• 5 nm (options: FinFET (FF)).
• 4 nm (options: FinFET (FF)). risk production started in 2021, enhanced version of 5 nm process.
• 3 nm (options: FinFET (FF)). volume production started in Q4 2022^[100]

It also offers "design for manufacturing" (DFM) customer services.^[101]

In press publications, these processes will often be referenced, for example, for the mobile variant, simply by 7nmFinFET or even more briefly by 7FF.

At the beginning of 2019, TSMC was advertising N7+, N7, and N6 as its leading edge technologies,^[99]

As of June 2020, TSMC is the manufacturer selected for production of Apple's 5 nanometer ARM processors, as "the company plans to eventually transition the entire Mac lineup to its Arm-based processors, including the priciest desktop computers".^[102]

In July 2020, TSMC signed a 20-year deal with Ørsted to buy the entire production of two offshore wind farms under development off Taiwan's west coast. At the time of its signing, it was the world's largest corporate green energy order ever made.^[103]

In July 2021, both Apple and Intel were reported to be testing their proprietary chip designs with TSMC's 3 nm production.^[104]

Facilities

TSMC Facilities

Name	Location	Category	Remarks
Fab 2	Hsinchu (24°46′25″N 120°59′55″E / 24.77361°N 120.99861°E / 24.77361; 120.99861 (TSMC Fab 2))	150 mm wafer
Fab 3	Hsinchu (24°46′31″N 120°59′28″E / 24.77528°N 120.99111°E / 24.77528; 120.99111 (TSMC Fab 3))	200 mm wafer
Fab 5	Hsinchu (24°46′25″N 120°59′55″E / 24.77361°N 120.99861°E / 24.77361; 120.99861 (TSMC Fab 5))	200 mm wafer
Fab 6	Shanhua District (23°06′36.2″N 120°16′24.7″E / 23.110056°N 120.273528°E / 23.110056; 120.273528 (TSMC Fab 6))	200 mm wafer	phases 1 & 2 operational
Fab 8	Hsinchu (24°45′44″N 121°01′11″E / 24.76222°N 121.01972°E / 24.76222; 121.01972 (TSMC Fab 8))	200 mm wafer
Fab 10	Songjiang, Shanghai (31°2′7.6″N 121°9′33″E / 31.035444°N 121.15917°E / 31.035444; 121.15917 (TSMC Fab 10))	200 mm wafer	TSMC China Company Limited
Fab 11	Camas, Washington (45°37′7.7″N 122°27′20″W / 45.618806°N 122.45556°W / 45.618806; -122.45556 (TSMC Fab 11))	200 mm wafer	WaferTech L.L.C.; 100% TSMC
Fab 12A	Hsinchu (24°46′24.9″N 121°0′47.2″E / 24.773583°N 121.013111°E / 24.773583; 121.013111 (TSMC Fab 12A))	300 mm wafer	phases 1, 2, 4–7 operational, phase 8 under construction, and phase 9 planned TSMC head office
Fab 12B	Hsinchu (24°46′37″N 120°59′35″E / 24.77694°N 120.99306°E / 24.77694; 120.99306 (TSMC Fab 12B))	300 mm wafer	TSMC R&D Center, phase 3 operational
Fab 14	Shanhua District (23°06′46.2″N 120°16′26.9″E / 23.112833°N 120.274139°E / 23.112833; 120.274139 (TSMC Fab 14))	300 mm wafer	phases 1–7 operational, phase 8 under construction
Fab 15	Taichung (24°12′41.3″N 120°37′2.4″E / 24.211472°N 120.617333°E / 24.211472; 120.617333 (TSMC Fab 15))	300 mm wafer	phases 1–7 operational
Fab 16	Nanjing, Jiangsu (31°58′33″N 118°31′59″E / 31.97583°N 118.53306°E / 31.97583; 118.53306 (TSMC Fab 16))	300 mm wafer	TSMC Nanjing Company Limited
Fab 18	Anding District, Tainan (23°07′05″N 120°15′45″E / 23.11806°N 120.26250°E / 23.11806; 120.26250 (TSMC Fab 18))	300 mm wafer	phases 1–8 operational
Fab 20	Hsinchu (24°45′51″N 121°0′10″E / 24.76417°N 121.00278°E / 24.76417; 121.00278 (TSMC Fab 20))	300 mm wafer	planned in 4 phases
Fab 21	Phoenix, Arizona (33°46′30″N 112°09′30″W / 33.77500°N 112.15833°W / 33.77500; -112.15833 (TSMC Fab 21))	300 mm wafer	phase 1 under construction, opening projected for the end of 2024; phase 2 under construction, opening projected for the end of 2026
Fab 22	Kaohsiung (22°42′35″N 120°18′44″E / 22.70972°N 120.31222°E / 22.70972; 120.31222 (TSMC Fab 22))	300 mm wafer	2 phases planned; phase 1 under construction, phase 2 postponed indefinitely
JASM (Fab 23)	Kumamoto (Japan) (32°53′8″N 130°50′33″E / 32.88556°N 130.84250°E / 32.88556; 130.84250 (TSMC Fab 23))	300 mm wafer	Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. joint venture founded by TSMC (70%), SSSC (20%), and Denso (10%) under construction, opening projected for the end of 2024
SSMC	Singapore (1°22′58″N 103°56′5.7″E / 1.38278°N 103.934917°E / 1.38278; 103.934917 (SSMC (TSMC-NXP JV)))	200 mm wafer	Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Cooperation, 1998 founded as joint venture by TSMC, Philips Semiconductors (now NXP Semiconductors), and EDB Investments, Singapore. In November 2006 EDB left the joint venture and TSMC raised their stake in SSMC to 38.8%, NXP to 61.2%.
Advanced Backend Fab 1	Hsinchu (24°46′39.6″N 120°59′28.9″E / 24.777667°N 120.991361°E / 24.777667; 120.991361 (TSMC Advanced Backend Fab 1))	Backend
Advanced Backend Fab 2	Shanhua District (23°06′46.2″N 120°16′26.9″E / 23.112833°N 120.274139°E / 23.112833; 120.274139 (TSMC Advanced Backend Fab 2))	Backend	AP2B and AP2C operational
Advanced Backend Fab 3	Longtan District, Taoyuan (24°53′01″N 121°11′11″E / 24.883541°N 121.186478°E / 24.883541; 121.186478 (TSMC Advanced Backend Fab 3))	Backend
Advanced Backend Fab 5	Taichung (24°12′52.9″N 120°37′05.1″E / 24.214694°N 120.618083°E / 24.214694; 120.618083 (TSMC Advanced Backend Fab 5))	Backend
Advanced Backend Fab 6	Zhunan (24°42′25″N 120°54′26″E / 24.70694°N 120.90722°E / 24.70694; 120.90722 (TSMC Advanced Backend Fab 6))	Backend	planned in 3 phases, AP6A operational, phases B & C under construction

Arizona

 

Fab 21 under construction in Phoenix, Arizona in November 2023

In 2020, TSMC announced a planned fab in Phoenix, Arizona, intended to begin production by 2024 at a rate of 20,000 wafers per month. As of 2020, TSMC announced that it would bring its newest 5 nm process to the Arizona facility, a significant break from its prior practice of limiting US fabs to older technologies. The Arizona plant was estimated to not be fully operational until 2024, when the 5 nm process is projected to be replaced by TSMC's 3 nm process as the latest technology.^[105] At launch it will be the most advanced fab in the United States.^[106] TSMC plans to spend $12 billion on the project over eight years, beginning in 2021.^[105] TSMC claimed the plant will create 1,900 full-time jobs.^[107]

In December 2022, TSMC announced its plans to triple its investment in the Arizona plants in response to the growing tensions between the US and China and the supply chain disruption that has led to chip shortages.^[108] In that same month, TSMC stated that they were running into major cost issues, because the cost of construction of buildings and facilities in the US is four to five times what an identical plant would cost in Taiwan, (due to higher costs of labor, red tape, and training), as well as difficulty finding qualified personnel (for which it has hired US workers and sent them for training in Taiwan for 12–18 months.) These additional production costs will increase the cost of TSMC's chips made in the US to at least 50% more than the cost of chips made in Taiwan.^{[109][110][111]} In July 2023 TSMC warned that US talent was insufficient, so Taiwanese workers will need to be brought in for a limited time, and that the chip factory won't be operational until 2025.^[112] In September 2023, an analyst said the chips will still need to be sent back to Taiwan for packaging.^[113]

Central Taiwan Science Park

The investment of US$9.4 billion to build its third 300mm wafer fabrication facility in Central Taiwan Science Park (Fab 15) was originally announced in 2010.^[114] The facility was expected to manufacture over 100,000 wafers a month and generate US$5 billion per year of revenue.^[115] TSMC has continued to expand advanced 28 nm manufacturing capacity at Fab 15.^[116]

On 12 January 2011, TSMC announced the acquisition of land from Powerchip Semiconductor for NT$2.9 billion (US$96 million) to build two additional 300mm fabs (Fab 12B) to cope with increasing global demand.^[117]

WaferTech subsidiary

WaferTech, a subsidiary of TSMC, is a pure-play semiconductor foundry employing 1,100 workers, located in Camas, Washington, United States, the second-largest pure-play foundry in the United States.^{[citation needed]} The largest is GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, New York, which employs over 3,000 workers with over 278,709 m² (3,000,000 sq ft) under one roof.

WaferTech was established in June 1996 as a joint venture with TSMC, Altera, Analog Devices, and ISSI as key partners. The four companies and minor individual investors placed US$1.2 billion into this venture, which was at the time the single largest startup investment in the state of Washington. The company started production in July 1998 in its 200mm semiconductor fabrication plant. Its first product was a 0.35 micrometer part for Altera.^{[citation needed]}

TSMC bought out the joint venture partners in 2000 and acquired full control, operating it as a fully owned subsidiary.^[118]

WaferTech is based in Camas, 32 km (20 mi) outside Portland, Oregon. The WaferTech campus contains a 9.3 ha (23 acres) complex housed on 105 ha (260 acres). The main fabrication facility consists of a 12,000 m² (130,000 sq ft) 200mm wafer fabrication plant.^[119]

In 2015, Dr. Tsung Kuo was named company president and fab director of WaferTech.^[120]

Germany

In August 2023, TSMC committed 3.5 billion Euros to a 10+ billion Euro factory in Dresden, Germany, with participation of Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies and NXP Semiconductors and a 5 billion Euro subsidy from the German government, in exchange for a 70% majority in the resulting European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC).^{[121][122][123][124]}

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan
• List of semiconductor fabrication plants
• Moore's law
• Quantum tunnelling
• Semiconductor device fabrication
• Semiconductor industry in Taiwan
• Very Large Scale Integration

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