Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) corporation, will begin mass production of advanced 2NANO (nanometer—one billionth of a meter) process products in the second half of this year, according to reports from Taiwanese media, including Economic Daily News, citing sources. NANO refers to the unit that indicates the width of semiconductor circuit lines. The narrower the line width, the lower the power consumption and the faster the processing speed. Currently, the most advanced mass production technology in the world is 3 nanometers.
According to the report, TSMC plans to simultaneously begin mass production of 2NANO process products at its Baoshan plant and Kaohsiung plant in the second half of the year.
TSMC will hold an expansion event for the Kaohsiung 2NANO plant on the 31st and will also begin order reservations for the second half of the year on the 1st of next month. It is expected to be capable of producing 50,000 wafers per month by the end of the year.
Previously, Taiwanese media reported that TSMC planned to start mass production of 2NANO process products this year as the yield rate (the ratio of quality products to total production) exceeded 60% in December last year.
Guo Mingchi, an analyst at TF International Securities in Taiwan, analyzed on the 23rd via X (formerly Twitter) that the current yield rate is likely over 70%. The industry anticipates that Apple will be the first customer for 2NANO products.
Analyst Guo, an expert on Apple, said, "The Apple iPhone 18 series, set to be released in the second half of next year, will include 2NANO products."