Monday, November 21st 2022
TSMC's Morris Chang Says Arizona Fab Will Produce 3 nm Chips in the Future
Although Morris Chang is no longer in charge of the day to day business at TSMC, the founder of the company is still getting his hands dirty. Chang attended the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting last week, as part of Taiwan's delegation and was questioned by the media about TSMC's future plans. The specific question was about TSMC's Arizona fab, which will initially produce chips using a 5 nm node. The US$12 billion plant is scheduled to kick off production at some point in 2024, by which time the 5 nm node should be a commonly used node rather than close to cutting edge.
When questioned about the future of the Arizona fab, Morris Chang answered that it will be moving to a 3 nm node, which is currently TSMC's most cutting edge node, that has gone into volume production earlier this year with th N3 node, which is set to be followed by the N3E node. According to Chang, there's interest by several countries to have TSMC set up fabs there, but apparently this is not something TSMC is considering at the moment. One potential reason for this would be a suitable labour force, something that has already proven to be tough for the Arizona fab.
Source:
Focus Taiwan
When questioned about the future of the Arizona fab, Morris Chang answered that it will be moving to a 3 nm node, which is currently TSMC's most cutting edge node, that has gone into volume production earlier this year with th N3 node, which is set to be followed by the N3E node. According to Chang, there's interest by several countries to have TSMC set up fabs there, but apparently this is not something TSMC is considering at the moment. One potential reason for this would be a suitable labour force, something that has already proven to be tough for the Arizona fab.
13 Comments on TSMC's Morris Chang Says Arizona Fab Will Produce 3 nm Chips in the Future
Other than that, SB State Route 303 (which runs by it) has been closed so they can add a new interchange near the fab. So maybe that means they're close to completion.
Also, just curious, but is that the VP in that photo, kinda looks a little like her, but not entirely sure.... would make sense though :)
Now state-of-the-art - N5/N4
Now Apple - N3
Future - N2
Further future - N1
There is no interest in the top nodes, even from the likes of AMD, Intel and nvidia.
But, as we all know, those companies you listed, along with many others, start working on contracts for upcoming tech long before it is available or released, in order to secure a supply for their upcoming products :)
China has been arming itself massively in recent years and has launched a major project to build a hundred silots for intercontinental nuclear missiles, I don't think it's preparations for fireworks to celebrate the Chinese New Year ;-(
In the end China behaves exactly like Russia, these so-called communist countries threaten the common wellness as well as world peace.
lmao.