TSMC Starts Production of 3nm Chips in Taiwan, First in the Industry

Last Updated: December 29, 2022, 14:16 ISTTSMC is the first to manufacture 3nm chips that are likely to be part of the Apple M series in 2023Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC) began mass production of its most advanced chips in southern Taiwan on Thursday and the company's chairman said it would continue to expand

capacity on the island.TAINAN, Taiwan: Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC) began mass production of its most advanced chips in southern Taiwan on

Thursday and the company's chairman said it would continue to expand capacity on the island.The long-awaited mass production of chips with 3-nanometre technology comes as attention

focuses on the world's largest contract chipmaker's investment plans at home and abroad. TSMC has a dominant position as a maker of advanced chips used in technology from

cellphones to fighter jets."TSMC is maintaining its technology leadership while investing significantly in Taiwan, continuing to invest and prosper with the environment," TSMC

Chairman Mark Liu told a ceremony marking the production and capacity expansion in the southern city of Tainan.Earlier this month, TSMC said it would more than triple its planned

investment at its new Arizona plant to $40 billion, among the largest foreign investments in US history.The Taiwanese company, which counts Apple Inc and Nvidia Corp among its

major clients, is also building a chip plant in Japan and has said it was in the early stages of reviewing a potential expansion into Germany.In an apparent response to the

concerns that TSMC's foreign investment would undermine Taiwan's key position in semiconductors, Liu said the production was a demonstration that TSMC was "taking concrete action

to develop advanced technology and expand capacity in Taiwan."Taiwan's government has dismissed concerns about a "goodbye to Taiwan" trend for the chip industry, saying the

island's position as a major semiconductor producer and maker of the most advanced chips is secure.Liu said the mass production was successful and with good yields, adding that the

new 3-nanometre technology would create end products with a market value of $1.5 trillion within five years.TSMC said it was working to build factories for the next generation

2-nanometre chips, which were planned to be manufactured in northern and central Taiwan.TSMC has repeatedly said that the bulk of its manufacturing will remain in Taiwan.Read all

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