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Foreign chip makers (from 19) build a wafer fab in North Phoenix, Arizona
at a cost of $10-12 billion. That facility
on facilities in either Taiwan or China — was completed in July. Named Fab 21, it
with the exception of a small fab in Ca- will manufacture 5nm semiconductors and
mus, Washington — is also planning to is scheduled to go online in early 2024.
open plants in Europe, Japan and the U.S.
The company has also announced a mas-
sive investment for fab construction in
Western Europe and a packaging plant in
Japan.
China restrictions
As foreign semiconductor makers vye for
part of the $52 billion CHIPS Act money,
there may be dicey moments as they
figure out how to observe the legislation’s
China restrictions.
The Act prohibits any companies, domestic
TSMC’s highly automated Fab 12, 300mm wafer fab in Taiwan. or foreign, from receiving federal subsidies
to expand chip making in China or any
In November 2020, TSMC said it would other foreign country. —R.I.
