TSMC spends just 10% more on silicon wafers manufactured in the USA than in Taiwan fabs

TSMC spends just 10% more on silicon wafers manufactured in the USA than in Taiwan fabs

How much does it cost TSMC to start up its new chip-manufacturing plants on US soil? According to a new study by TechInsights, the total amount is nowhere near the financial requirements stated by the Taiwanese corporation. Furthermore, processing silicon wafers in the US is just slightly more expensive than...Read Entire Article

Producing chips on a 300mm chip wafer costs less than ten percent more at TSMC's Arizona factory than it would cost at a Taiwanese factory.

TSMC’s chip production cost in the US may be lower than expected

Earlier this year, TSMC started producing chips at its plant in Arizona. Before that, there were talks about US chip production costs being higher than Taiwan’s. Also, comments made by the TSMC founder Morris Chang regarding high fab manufacturing costs created the buzz that producing chips in the US is way too expensive to be financially viable. However, it doesn’t seem to be the case, suggest analysts from TechInsights. TSMC’s cost of producti…

News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. A report reveals that costs at the TSMC Fab 21 plant in Arizona are just 10% higher than those of a similar plant in Taiwan. A much smaller difference than expected, especially considering that this is the first TSMC plant outside Asia in decades and that it was built from scratch, with new and unqualified staff. The report’s most revealing feature is that the cost of equi…

From a time to this part there has been much discussion about the fact that the US is allied with Taiwan to attract the world’s largest chip maker to its soil. We have seen figures of all kinds, where the final cost increases ostensibly, but against all odds, TSMC is going to invest $165 billion in Arizona. The most obvious question is also the most pertinent, why would they do this if producing wafers is much more expensive? The answer comes fr…

TSMC's Arizona Facility Production Is Just 10% More Expensive Than Taiwan Facilities, Shows Expansion Into The US Has Little Financial Complications

The rumors of the Arizona facility being an expensive venture for TSMC have been refuted in a new report, where it is claimed that production is only just 10% more compared to Taiwan. TSMC's Arizona Isn't An Expensive Project For The Taiwan Giant; Major Costs Are Associated With Equipment Procurement With the Trump administration coming into office, we have seen TSMC showing massive commitment to the US semiconductor industry, not only announcin…