The rumor had already been fanned by the Wall Street Journal, and yesterday it was confirmed: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Taiwanese partner of Apple in the production of its own chips (such as the A13 Bionic, of the new iPhones) will set up a new base in Ma's homeland.
More specifically, the company confirmed, in a press release, that investing $ 12 billion in the construction of a new factory in the state of Arizona (USA). When opened, the facility will be TSMC's second assembly line in the country, the company already has a factory in Washington state, in addition to design centers in Austin (Texas) and San Jose (California).
The construction of the new plant will begin next year and should extend to 2024, when the first chips produced at the facility are expected to start being distributed to TSMC partners such as Apple itself. The investment of US $ 12 billion, however, goes beyond: the company estimates that this will be the amount used in the operations of the factory between 2021 and 2029.
In the statement, TSMC stated the following:
The new facility in the USA not only allows us to offer better services to our customers and partners, it also provides an opportunity to attract even more talent from around the world. This project is of critical and strategic importance to the vibrant and competitive semiconductor ecosystem in the United States, allowing major companies in the country to manufacture their most powerful processors within the United States and benefit from the proximity of a world-class semiconductor manufacturer.
This final part of the highlighted section, of course, is the one that most interests Apple: with a second TSMC factory in the USA, Ma has a double manufacturing capacity for its processors in its land, which not only increases the pace of production of iPhones and iPads how it opens new horizons in the (supposed) manufacture of Macs with its own chips. To be?
via TechCrunch
