AK&M 25 October 2024 14:46
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has achieved high performance at the first facility built in Arizona (USA), which surpasses the performance of similar plants in Taiwan by 4%. This is reported in a TSMC press release.
The high performance of TSMC at the Phoenix manufacturing complex is the result of measures taken by the American government to restore chip production in the United States.
TSMC, the main partner of Nvidia Corp. and Apple Inc., a chip manufacturer, expects to receive $6.6 billion in government grants and $5 billion in loans plus 25% tax breaks for the construction of three manufacturing facilities in Arizona in accordance with the Chips and Science Act, adopted in 2022.
TSMC originally planned to launch the first plant in Arizona at full capacity in 2024, but postponed this deadline to 2025 due to labor problems. At the same time, the launch of the second production has been postponed from 2026 to 2027 or 2028. The Phoenix complex is designed for the construction of six production facilities.
The other two chip manufacturers on which the Biden administration’s technology strategy is based are Intel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co., have faced difficulties in recent months. In particular, Intel, which should become the largest beneficiary of the Chips and Science Act, is under serious financial pressure and is forced to postpone global projects and consider selling assets.
TSMC is a Taiwanese chip manufacturer and developer of advanced technologies, manufacturing processes, design tools and standard architectures. Major clients of the company are HiSilicon, MediaTek, Huawei, Realtek, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, ARM Holdings, Altera, Xilinx, Apple, Broadcom, Conexant, Marvell, Intel. The company’s headquarters are located in Hsinchu (Taiwan).
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