Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s prototype production yield TSMC The Arizona plant is similar to one in Taiwan and is reportedly hoping to bring in billions of dollars.
Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous people, that the yield rate at the company’s first fab in Phoenix — the number of functional chips it can produce per manufacturing run — is comparable to that at a comparable fab in Taiwan, a positive sign for the Taiwanese chipmaker, which has seen delays in opening two proposed facilities in Arizona. Shortage of skilled laborand in investor expectations for U.S. profitability.
“The project is progressing smoothly as planned,” a spokesperson for the Taiwanese chipmaker said in a statement shared with Quartz.
TSMC 90% of the world’s advanced chipsThe company counts chip giant Nvidia and iPhone maker Apple as key partners. Long-awaited new Blackwell chip announced The company said in March it was “pleased” to continue its partnership with the Arizona chipmaker.
In April, the Biden administration announced that TSMC $6.6 billion in CHIP and SCIENCE Act grantsTSMC is also receiving up to $5 billion in loans to support the company’s first major semiconductor manufacturing base in the U.S. Two of TSMC’s semiconductor manufacturing plants in Arizona are scheduled to begin production in 2025 and 2028, with some of the CHIPS Act funding coming to the company. Third facility.
The Biden administration said the company’s planned Arizona site would put the U.S. on track to produce 20% of the world’s advanced semiconductors by 2030. Although semiconductors were invented in the U.S., Currently, it produces less than 10% of the world’s chips. None of these are the most advanced products TSMC has produced overseas.
