More TSMC plans revealed: 3nm, 2nm and 1nm
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Update time : 2022-11-28 13:59:12
Semiconductor major TSMC will continue to plough deeper into Taiwan and expand its north, central and south layout comprehensively, with new fabs planned in Hsinchu, Zhunan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung.
According to TSMC's plans, the Phase 5 to 9 fabs of Wafer Fab 18 in Nanke will be 3nm production bases. In the future, as the proportion of 3nm rises, together with the current main 5nm process, Nanke will become TSMC's main operational town.
In order to achieve balanced development in the north, middle and south, TSMC plans to set up a 2nm fab 20 plant in the second phase of the expansion plan of the Zhushan site, and has already started land preparation. TSMC will expand its 2nm capacity in Taichung if there is a shortage of land in Chuke.
TSMC President Wei Chieh-Chia had previously led a number of senior executives, including Vice President of Fab Operations Wang Ying-Lang and Vice President of Fab Operations Chuang Tzu-Shou, to visit the Taichung City Government, which aroused a great deal of concern. TSMC responded at the time that Taichung was the location of the fab and that Wei's visit was a courtesy call; however, the industry has concluded that it should be related to the expansion of the 2nm fab.
In order to meet TSMC's future expansion needs as the process advances to 1nm, the government has launched the Longtan Science Park Phase 3 expansion project, and is preparing for water and electricity by building substations, lines and sewerage facilities.
In addition to the advanced process technology, TSMC is also building wafer 22 fabs in Kaohsiung, of which the 28nm fab has already started construction and is expected to be in mass production in 2024; the construction of the 7nm fab has been temporarily delayed due to the short-term slowdown in demand.
TSMC is also building its first fully automated 3D fabric facility in Zhunan, integrating advanced test and SoIC and InFO/CoWoS operations, with SoIC production starting in the second half of 2022 and full 3D fabric operations expected to begin in 2023.
In response to the new competitive pressures brought about by the restructuring of the global supply chain, the Executive Yuan will pass Article 10-2 of the Industrial Innovation Ordinance, known as "Taiwan's version of the Chip Act"; the credit rate for forward-looking R&D expenses will be increased to 25% and the credit for advanced process equipment will be 5% of the current year's equipment expenses. Encourage enterprises to engage in the most advanced research and development, advanced equipment adoption and use in Taiwan, laying the foundation for Taiwan to compete in the future of semiconductors.
TSMC 1nm, a new development
The Vice President of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, Shen Rongjin, said in an exclusive interview with the Taiwanese media yesterday that TSMC's new 1nm plant will be located in Longtan, Taoyuan, and that TSMC's home base is in Hsinchu Science Park. If you really want to be ahead of the curve in deploying Taiwan's advanced semiconductor processes, choosing Longtan Science Park is the ideal place, and will bring tens of thousands of jobs to Taoyuan, which in turn will drive the entire local economy.
The Executive Yuan recently announced the launch of the third phase of the Longtan Science Park project, and it is rumored that TSMC will set up a 1nm plant here. Shen Rongjin said that TSMC currently has factories all over Taiwan, but Hsinchu is the main base of TSMC's R&D centre, and the 1nm advanced process technology must be closer to the R&D base, so Taoyuan Longtan Science Park will be the best choice.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has recently stated that if manufacturers are willing to invest in the most advanced processes in Taiwan, the government certainly supports them and will also cooperate with other ministries on water, electricity and land to prepare for follow-up.
Shen Rongjin said, at present, Taiwan's advanced semiconductor process technology is 3 nanometers, if we want to move forward to 1 nanometer, we need to accelerate the pace of advancement, ahead of deployment so that the world continues to need Taiwan's technology, 1 nanometer research and development process is not only an important key technology for semiconductors, but also one of the "weapons" for Taiwan's semiconductor industry to stand firm in a key position in the international arena, so it must be ahead of deployment, this point as early as more than a year ago The local government has already started to work on this, actively communicating with the central government to facilitate the acceleration of the third phase of the Longtan Science Park project.
Shen Rongjin said that the future TSMC 1nm fab will be located in Longtan, starting from Longtan in Taoyuan in the north and passing through Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, so that the entire semiconductor cluster can be completely linked up, giving western Taiwan a complete semiconductor technology corridor, and it is estimated that the future TSMC 1nm fab will also bring tens of thousands of engineers with annual salaries of millions of jobs to Longtan.
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