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TAP TIMES -15- MAY-JUNE 2022

In the time of COVID (from 14) and supply-chain eff ects of COVID-19
were being felt around the world.

In May 2020, TSMC announced it had se-
lected Phoenix, Arizona for an advanced
wafer fab. The company says it will spend
about $12 billion on this project to pro-
duce 5nm technology chips.

Just for starters
The Phoenix addition appears to be just for
starters. About a year later, the Taiwan-
ese giant announced that it plans to spend
$100 billion over the next three years to
help chipmakers meet soaring demand.

This is TSMC’s highly automated Fab 15, opened in 2011 in Taic-
At the time, the company said chips for hung, Taiwan. (TSMC)
the automobile industry were a priority,
but also noted it’s already operating at full Last November, TSMC and Sony announced
capacity. the companies were entering a joint ven-
ture to build a $7 billion fab in Japan, with
The $100 billion upgrade to its spending production set for 2024. Sony will own 20%
plans came about a year after the physical next page

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