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TSMC builds only 25K/month 5nm megafab in Arizona. I suspect that it's mainly for serving the US defense needs. TSMC's GIGAFABs (> 100K/month) are used for
by Nokinside 6y ago
TSMC builds only 25K/month 5nm megafab in Arizona. I suspect that it's mainly for serving the US defense needs.
TSMC's GIGAFABs (> 100K/month) are used for mass manufacturing bleeding edge consumer electronics. They are still build only in Taiwan.
- avs733 6y agoAnother way of looking at TSMC's Arizona fab is similar FAB 68 in Dalian, which still seems to have largely been built for strategic relationship building purposes.
- craigjb 6y agoTSMC's plans for Arizona have been increased to start with 100k per month with future phases up to 200k [1] [1] https://technosports.co.in/2021/03/03/tsmc-to-build-5nm-plant-in-the-u-s-with-100k-wafers-month-output-report/ https://technosports.co.in/2021/03/03/tsmc-to-build-5nm-plan...