TSMC and Partners to Invest $11 Billion into German-based Factory

[AleksandarK]

TSMC, a Taiwanese semiconductor giant, is reportedly talking to its partners to develop an $11 billion (€10 billion) factory in Germany with the help of a few European partners. Currently assessing the plant location for Saxony in Germany, the fab wouldn't only be exclusively made by TSMC but will bring in NXP, Bosch, and Infineon that, will create a budget of around 7 billion Euros, including state subsidies, while the total budget is leaning closer to 10 billion Euros in total. However, it is essential to note that TSMC is still assessing the possibility of a Europe-based plant altogether.

Asking for as much as 40% of the total investment to be European-backed subsidies, TSMC wants to create a European facility that will be focused on a growing sector--automotive. If approved in August, the TSMC plant will become the company's first European facility and will first focus on manufacturing 28 nm chips. As one of the first significant EU Chips Act €43 billion investment, it will heavily boost European semiconductor manufacturing.



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[Readlight]

What is made in 28nm

 

[kondamin]

What is made in 28nm

Carburettors, pistons and valves.

in the us 4billion gets you a 2nm plant and in Europe that money brings us up to 2 decades ago and behind china.

 

[Funnyelevator]

Carburettors, pistons and valves.

in the us 4billion gets you a 2nm plant and in Europe that money brings us up to 2 decades ago and behind china.

The TSMC N4 plant in Arizona will cost at least $12 Billion [Source] with an overall investment around $40 Billion [Source]
The location, capacity, environment & surrounding eco-system are very different.

TSMC still makes 12% of their revenue from the 28nm node or around $2 Billon last quarter. [Source]

 

[Fishymachine]

Doesn't SMT have 28/32nm fabs already in Europe. Also doesn't GlobalFoundries have a 14nm foundry in Germany?

 

[persondb]

What is made in 28nm

Ton of stuff, including stuff like the Raspberry Pi 4 SoC. A lot of automotive stuff uses it and since it's a very mature node at this point, it's probably pretty cheap and it's still something you can get a lot of perfomance out of it.

In addition, depending on what exactly you want, it might be more suited to it, like RF or analogic stuff.

 

[Readlight]

Ton of stuff, including stuff like the Raspberry Pi 4 SoC. A lot of automotive stuff uses it and since it's a very mature node at this point, it's probably pretty cheap and it's still something you can get a lot of perfomance out of it.

In addition, depending on what exactly you want, it might be more suited to it, like RF or analogic stuff.

But ecenomy is collapsed and america is in bankruptcy. Maybe for military it goes.

 

[ixi]

Carburettors, pistons and valves.

Cars, drones, switches, routers, tv.