Taiwan's TSMC to launch Japan chipmaking plant in February
Taiwan's TSMC will formally open its new chipmaking foundry on Japan's Kyushu island on February 24, its chairman said Thursday, which is part of their plan to expand its global manufacturing footprint.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — whose clients include Apple and Nvidia — controls more than half the world's output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles.
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On Thursday, during an investors call over fourth quarter earnings, Chairman Mark Liu announced the official date of the long-awaited Japan chip-fabrication foundry's opening ceremony would be February 24.
«In Japan, we are building a special technology fab in Kumamoto which will utilise 12- and 16-nanometre and 28- and 22-nanometre process technology,» Liu said, using industry shorthand to refer to the fabrication foundry.
«We will hold an opening ceremony for this fab on February 24 next month and volume production is on track for fourth quarter of 2024.»
He added that TSMC's expansion overseas is «based on our customers' needs and a necessary level of government subsidies for support».
«In today's fractured globalisation environment, our strategy is to expand our global manufacturing footprint to
