TSMC plans to build a new 3nm fab in Tainan, with production slated to start in the first half of 2028. The company is also moving some 5nm capacity over to 3nm as demand for its leading-edge processes continues to grow.
Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) company, is building an additional 3 nanometer (nm, 1/1 billionth of a meter) semiconductor factory in Tainan in southern Taiwan. By adding 1 new factory to the 3 factory expansion plans being promoted in Taiwan, the US, and Japan, the goal is mass production in the first half of 2028. According to Taiwan Economic Daily and Liberty Times on the 19th, TSMC Chairman …