TSMC, the leading chip foundry, announced on the 20th that it will purchase Nanke factory buildings and ancillary facilities from solar cell factory Yitong for 860 million yuan. This is the third time TSMC has purchased factory buildings adjacent to the Nanke Park this year, and TSMC has invested a total of More than 5.1 billion yuan was spent to buy land and factories in Nanke.
TSMC announced on the 20th that it will purchase a factory building at No. 8, Nanke 2nd Road, Xinshi District, Tainan City from Yitong Solar for 860 million yuan. The building area is about 13,000 square meters for operation and production.
TSMC also announced in May this year that it had purchased land for a local factory in Nanke at a price of 660 million yuan. The building area of the factory is approximately 1,956 square meters. TSMC also announced on August 12 that it has purchased the polarizing plate factory Lite Nanke Factory. The factory has a floor area of more than 54,000 square meters and an area of more than 22,000 square meters. The factory is located next to the TSMC Nanke Factory. TSMC originally leased the factory. Part of the land used for the factory was directly transferred from rent to purchase. It is said that this is to prepare for the expansion of the chip factory's production capacity. As for the purpose of purchasing the Yitong factory, TSMC responded that it was to meet the operational needs of the Nanke factory.
Equipment industry players stated that TSMC has established two very large wafer factories in Nanke, including Fab 14 and Fab 18. Among them, Fab 18 has completed the construction of a total of three phases of 5nm chip factories, with a total monthly production capacity of approximately 9 Thousands of pieces. TSMC will continue to build another three phases of chip factories in the Fab 18 plant area and build a 3-nanometer production line. It is expected to enter mass production after completion in 2022. In 2023, a total of three phases of 3-nanometer chip factories will be able to bring 90,000 pieces per month. production capacity.
TSMC announced at its corporate briefing in mid-July that it would increase its capital expenditures this year by US$1 billion to US$16-17 billion, an increase of about 13% compared with last year. This is mainly because it is optimistic about the development of 5G and high-performance computing (HPC) in the next few years. ), TSMC will maintain a high capital expenditure strategy and accelerate 5-nanometer mass production and 3-nanometer technology research and development and capacity construction.
TSMC 5nm will increase production capacity at the fastest speed in the second half of the year and enter the stage of large-scale mass production. It mainly manufactures A14 application processors for Apple. Apple’s first Arm-based Macbook processor A14X is expected to use TSMC 5nm before the end of the year. mass production. In addition, TSMC's 5nm enhanced version will begin mass production in 2021, and the 4nm process optimized for 5nm will enter mass production in 2022, providing a clear upgrade path for 5nm.
