Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest foundry, plans to build a factory equipped with cutting-edge 1 NANO process lines in southern Taiwan, as reported by the United Daily News and other Taiwanese media on the 3rd.
TSMC has decided to construct a 25 fab (fabrication plant) that produces 12-inch (305 mm) wafer products in the southern Tainan Sarun area. This fab will be large enough to accommodate six factories. Sources noted, 'TSMC has already submitted plans to the Southern Science Park Administration for constructing 1.4 NANO processes in the 25 fab P1 to P3 factories and 1 NANO processes in the P4 to P6 factories.'
However, it is reported that depending on the expansion construction situation of the Central Science Park Taichung area, TSMC may revise its plans to construct a 1.4 NANO factory in that region and build 1 NANO processes in the 25 fab P1 to P3 factories and 0.7 NANO processes in the P4 to P6 factories.
Currently, TSMC operates one global research and development (R&D) center, five 12-inch wafer factories, four 8-inch factories, one 6-inch factory, and five advanced packaging factories in northern, central, and southern Taiwan.
Regarding the selection of factory construction sites, TSMC explained, 'Taiwan is a key hub and does not rule out any possibilities for additional factory construction.'