TSMC’s Second Japan Plant to Reportedly Cost Over $7.4 Billion
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to build its second chipmaking plant in Japan in southwestern Kumamoto prefecture, with total investment expected to be more than 1 trillion yen ($7.4 billion), Nikkan Kogyo reports without attribution.
The Taiwanese company’s second plant is expected to be completed in late 2020s and could use more advanced 5 nanometer or 10 nm manufacturing processes, the newspaper reported. TSMC’s first plant in Japan, set to come online in late 2024, is also in Kumamoto.