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Since last year, the United States has frequently invited TSMC, the world's largest chip manufacturer, to build factories locally. Last Sunday (May 10), it was also revealed that it had discussed related factory construction matters with TSMC; and now, the latest progress has also been reported in this incident. According to the China Semiconductor Association citing relevant reports on May 15, TSMC officially announced today (15th) that it will invest US$12 billion (about RMB 85 billion) in the United States to build and operate an advanced wafer factory.
TSMC invested US$12 billion to build a 5-nanometer factory in the United States! my country has responded to
According to TSMC, this fab of Arizona, located in the southwest of the United States, will use 5nm process technology, with a monthly production capacity of 20,000 pieces. It is expected to start construction in 2021 and mass production in 2024. TSMC also said it looks forward to continuing to maintain a solid partnership with the United States on this project; the United States has a strong investment environment and outstanding talents, which is crucial to the success of this project, and investing in the United States is also very attractive to the company.
It is understood that TSMC currently has a wafer factory in Washington state Camas City, and has design centers in Texas Austin City, California San Hosey City, This new factory in Arizona will become TSMC's second production base in the United States.
In fact, as the world's largest wafer foundry manufacturer, TSMC has always been worried that production will be affected by various factors, and decisive people in the United States have always hoped that TSMC can set up factories in the United States. On May 10, local media revealed that the decisive Americans in are discussing matters related to building factories in the United States with chip manufacturers such as TSMC to reduce their dependence on imports from Asia.
But regarding the issue of building factories in the United States, TSMC said last week that the company has been considering using the United States as the location of a new factory, but "there is no specific plan yet"; In October last year, TSMC Co-CEO Liu Deyin also pointed out that from the perspective of US orders, this market accounted for very small, only one thousandth of TSMC, and if it is produced in the United States, service and cost are challenges, and it will lose its competitiveness.
Regarding TSMC's plan to build a factory in the United States, a representative from our country responded on the 15th: We generally do not comment on the production and commercial layout of any enterprise; we have said many times that in various fields including economy, trade, investment, and technology, the cooperation between the two major economies is essentially mutually beneficial and win-win, and "there is no way out for decoupling and cutting."
Foxconn invested $10 billion to build a factory in the United States, but now it is "in court" with the United States?
TSMC has announced the establishment of a 5nm wafer factory in the United States, which makes Lenovo go to Foxconn, a global foundry giant that also went to the United States to build factories. In 2017, OEM giant Foxconn announced that it would invest $10 billion to build a factory in Wisconsin, USA. This investment was also recognized by the United States as creating up to 13,000 jobs for it, and also waived an additional fee discount of $3 billion. However, this highly anticipated project is now frequently reported by news of "change".
Highest last year, local media reported that Foxconn's previous promise to "build a 22 million square foot factory and provide 13,000 jobs" will no longer realize . In the past two years, Foxconn has changed its arguments repeatedly: first it said it would build a smaller LCD display factory, but later it said it would not plan to build it; then it said it would build a data center, and soon it withdrew the plan; finally it reduced the number of jobs to 1,500, etc.
In this regard, important people in Wisconsin in the United States repeatedly and urgently reminded Foxconn that the latter's current U.S. factory project has deviated from what was described in the original transaction. If the company still hopes to receive a subsidy of $4.5 billion, it must modify the contract; however, Foxconn refused to modify the contract, and said it still intends to apply for tax relief. Local media pointed out that this may lead to the two sides eventually reaching the point of "going to court".
In the face of the dispute between Foxconn and Wisconsin, some analysis pointed out that the obstacles to Foxconn's US factory project are also the problems of difficulty in recruiting workers and the difficulty of reaching wages - the United States cannot provide Foxconn with enough labor. Due to various restrictions, Foxconn's U.S. factory projects have shrunk significantly, and it is still a question whether TSMC can successfully build and operate an advanced wafer factory.
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