{"id":863742,"date":"2025-07-20T07:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/tsmc-to-start-building-four-new-plants-with-1-4nm-technology\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T07:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:13:08","slug":"tsmc-to-start-building-four-new-plants-with-1-4nm-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/tsmc-to-start-building-four-new-plants-with-1-4nm-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"TSMC to start building four new plants with 1.4nm technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>\n                        <span>NEXT GENERATION: <\/span><br \/>\n                        The four plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park, designated Fab 25, would consist of four 1.4-nanometer wafer manufacturing plants, TSMC said                    <\/h2>\n<ul data-desc=\"\u5206\u4eab\u5217\">\n<li>\n<p>By Huang Hsu-lei,<br \/>\nHung You-fang<br \/>\nand Jake Chung  \/  Staff reporter, with staff writer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-desc=\"twitter\u5206\u4eab\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=TSMC+to+start+building+four+new+plants https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2025%2F07%2F20%2F2003840583\" target=\"_blank\">\n<p><i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/assets\/images\/twitter.png\" width=\"20\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a data-desc=\"Facebook\u5206\u4eab\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2025%2F07%2F20%2F2003840583&#038;t=TSMC+to+start+building+four+new+plants\" target=\"_blank\">\n<p><i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/assets\/images\/facebook.png\" width=\"20\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a data-desc=\"Line\u5206\u4eab\" href=\"https:\/\/lineit.line.me\/share\/ui?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2025%2F07%2F20%2F2003840583?utm_medium=P&#038;utm_campaign=SHARE&#038;utm_source=LINE\" target=\"_blank\">\n<p><i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/assets\/images\/line.png\" width=\"20\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, \u53f0\u7a4d\u96fb) plans to begin construction of four new plants later this year, with the aim to officially launch production of 2-nanometer semiconductor wafers by late 2028, Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau director-general Hsu Maw-shin (\u8a31\u8302\u65b0) said.<\/p>\n<p>Hsu made the announcement at an event on Friday evening celebrating the Central Taiwan Science Park\u2019s 22nd anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase of the park\u2019s expansion would commence with the initial construction of water detention ponds and other structures aimed at soil and water conservation, Hsu said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/images\/2025\/07\/20\/P01-250720-606.jpg\" width=\"100%\">\n                    <\/p>\n<h2>Central Taiwan Science Park Administration Office director-general Hsu Maw-shin speaks at a news conference on Friday.<\/h2>\n<p>Photo: courtesy of the Central Taiwan Science Park  Administration Office<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>TSMC has officially leased the land, with the Central Taiwan Science Park having handed over the plot last month, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hsu said he is optimistic that the park\u2019s annual turnover would surpass NT$1.2 trillion (US$40.81 billion), setting a new historic high.<\/p>\n<p>At the North America Technology Symposium in California on April 25, TSMC revealed plans to launch its A14 fabrication processes in 2028. <\/p>\n<p>The four plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park, designated Fab 25, would feature four 1.4-nanometer wafer manufacturing facilities, according to TSMC\u2019s roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>The first plant is expected to complete a risk assesment of wafer production by 2027 and begin mass production by late 2028, with a target monthly output of 50,000 wafers, according to the company\u2019s roadmap. <\/p>\n<p>At the TSMC second-quarter earnings conference and conference call on Thursday, TSMC chairman C.C. Wei (\u9b4f\u54f2\u5bb6) said that after the completion of the company\u2019s US$165 billion investment in the US, \u201cabout 30 percent of our 2-nanometer and more advanced capacity will be located in Arizona, creating an independent leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing cluster in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona investment includes six advanced wafer manufacturing fabs, two advanced packaging fabs and a major research and development center.<\/p>\n<p>Wei also said that TSMC is planning \u201cto build 11 wafer manufacturing fabs and four advanced packaging facilities over the next several years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company is \u201cpreparing for multiple phases of 2-nanometer fabs at the Hsinchu and Kaohsiung science parks to support the strong structural demand from our customers,\u201d Wei said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/front\/archives\/2025\/07\/20\/2003840583\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Lyndia Mote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEXT GENERATION: The four plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park, designated Fab 25, would consist of four 1.4-nanometer wafer manufacturing plants, TSMC said By Huang Hsu-lei, Hung You-fang and Jake Chung \/ Staff reporter, with staff writer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, \u53f0\u7a4d\u96fb) plans to begin construction of four new plants later this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4299,2391,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-863742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-building","8":"category-start","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}