TSMC Can Shift Advanced 2nm Manufacturing To US After 2025, Insinuates Taiwanese Minister
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According to Taiwan's Minister of the Science and Technology Council Wu Cheng-wen statements, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) can shift its next-generation 2-nanometer chip manufacturing process technology to other countries after 2025. TSMC's 2-nanometer process technology will compete with Intel's 18A process, which is also due for production in 2025, and according to the minister, the Taiwanese government will be open to shifting the new technology to friendly nations once TSMC has started working on 2-nanometer successors.
Wu addressed a press conference in Taiwan earlier today, and his media talk centered on questions related to advanced semiconductor research remaining inside Taiwan and Chinese concerns about transferring advanced chip manufacturing technology to the United States.
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In his press conference, Minister Wu was asked by the media if the incoming US administration might accelerate the transfer of advanced chip manufacturing technologies to America. As part of the CHIPS and Science Act, the Biden Administration has wooed TSMC and other semiconductor companies to set up advanced chip manufacturing facilities in America. TSMC has won $6.6 billion in US funding to set up three manufacturing facilities in America. Among these, the third plant will manufacture 2-nanometer chips when it starts production at the end of the decade, according to the Commerce Department.
As per Wu, since TSMC will start manufacturing 2-nanometer chips in Taiwan in 2025, the question of whether the firm will be able to set up advanced facilities to make these chips overseas in friendly countries
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