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TSMC held a supply chain management forum yesterday (5th) and revealed three important indicators in front of more than 700 supply chain executives: including mass production of 5 nanometers in the first half of next year; capital expenditure next year is similar to this year’s US$14 billion to US$15 billion ; The new R&D center will start construction in the first quarter of next year and is expected to be completed and opened in 2021 to support the research and development of technologies below 3 nanometers and more advanced technologies in the next 20 years.

TSMC Supply Chain Management Forum highly emphasized the positive and optimistic future prospects. Foreign investment was rekindled yesterday, pushing the stock price up by 6 yuan to close at 312 yuan. The market value returned to 8.09 trillion yuan, and foreign investors turned to buying over 14,561 yuan. open.

TSMC has entered a critical moment in the countdown to 5nm mass production. At this year’s supply chain management forum, the company’s material and risk management department responsible for supply chain management attached great importance and mobilized more than 700 people from around the world to conduct equipment, raw materials, packaging, and testing. Suppliers of , factory affairs, information systems and services will participate.

TSMC President Wei Zhejia did not attend yesterday because he was visiting important overseas customers. It was hosted by TSMC senior vice president of materials and risk management Lin Jinkun and senior vice president of operations Wang Jianguang. He thanked all suppliers for their full assistance in completing this important feat and looked forward to it. Continued collaboration with suppliers to prepare for 5nm.

Wang Jianguang said that TSMC will continue to expand its 7-nanometer production capacity, and the 5-nanometer process will be mass-produced in the first half of next year. In response to strong demand for 7-nanometer and 5-nanometer processes, capital expenditures this year have been raised to US$14 billion to US$15 billion, and next year will remain at a level similar to this year.

TSMC's 5 nanometer process is the world's first wafer fab to use extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to provide wafer foundry services. The first and second phases of the factory buildings in Nanke Fab 18 have been completed. , Actively carry out cleaning operations before mass production.

It is understood that Apple next-generation processors, HiSilicon next-generation mobile phone and base station chips, AMD next-generation central processing units, and Qualcomm new mobile phone chips will all be produced using TSMC 5 nanometer process, TSMC provides The third phase of the 5nm enhanced version process plant will also begin installation in mid-2020 and mass production will begin in the fourth quarter.

As for the fourth to sixth phases of Fab 18, the most advanced 3-nanometer technology will be introduced, once again leading the world. Wang Jianguang said that TSMC’s 3 nanometer process is expected to be mass produced in 2022. The R&D center located in Baoshan, Hsinchu, started construction in the first quarter of 2020 and will be completed in 2021. It will be the R&D base for TSMC 3 nanometer and advanced technologies in the next 20 years.

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