TSMC replaced the Earth on the third processor in Arizona
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Five years after he first announced plans to build one processor installation in Arizona, TSMC now began work on his third, gaining benefits from the financing received from the law on chips signed in 2022. The Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik, however, was at hand to honor Trump with a new factory.
“We are in TSMC Arizona to celebrate the return of American-made,” Lutnik said in his statement. “The bold leadership of President Trump and a clear leadership return the companies and work back to this country at a record pace.”
The new plant is part of an investment of $ 100 billion, which TSMC will make over the next four years. According to the White House, it is expected that investments will create 40,000 jobs for construction for this period, as well as tens of thousands of jobs in technology.
When it is finished, the new plant will make processors for a number of firms, including NVIDIA, AMD and Apple.
“We are proud that we support highly qualified American jobs tomorrow,” commented Tim Cook from Apple. “As the first and largest TSMC client, Arizona, we are glad to the future of American innovations and the incredible opportunities that he will create.”
This is impossible, however, for any of the TSMC plants, create processors for the latter iPhone. In accordance with Taiwanese legislation, only older processors can be made outside the country.
Arizona chips should be sent back to the TSMC plant, as in Taiwan to complete & mdash; Image loan: Taiwan semiconductor production companies, Ltd. Although technically it is possible that the M2 processor can be made at these objects, Reuters indicates that the plants make the A16 chip.
A16 is the iPhone processor, which is located in two generations behind the last model. It is used in the basic models of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 ranges. Although this is not confirmed, some reports show that the TSMC also creates the S9 SYSTEM-In-PACKAGE processor, which is used in the Apple Watch Series 9 series since 2023. The processors made in Arizona should still be sent back to Taiwan for the finish line, which means that they are then subjected to “mutual” tariffs of Trump when Apple repeatedly imports them. Apple concludes a deal with AMCOR to finish in the United States, but this partnership will require years to begin life.
it is unclear how long TSMC expects construction at a new facility, although Tucson Weekly quotes vague sources, saying that the operation should begin in 2030. Class = “Col-SM-12″>, as well as the death of an employee during the construction of the first plant in Arizona, TSMC is accused of reducing wage checks, as well as the use of workers who are not trade unions. Workers and lawmakers also objected to TSMC to bring workers from Taiwan.
TSMC, in turn, accused the slow construction of its first plant in Arizona of the absence of a sufficient number of local qualified personnel. According to reports, his managers also consider US employees “hard to manage” and do not work hard enough.
at some point reported that the company ultimately intended to build six plants by 2024. However, the construction of the second plant did not begin until 2022 and at present will not be introduced by force until 2028. The object has never been completed.
