FLAWLESS EXECUTION:TSMC had 6,000 people working around the clock to bring up the Tainan fab in just 11 months, Apple chief operation officer Jeff Williams said
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 24, 2017
By: Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Apple Inc is grateful to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電)
Apple Inc chief operating officer Jeff Williams, left, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang, right, and other guests pose for a group photograph yesterday during a panel discussion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the foundation of TSMC. Photo: Hung You-fang, Taipei Times
capital investment of US$9 billion in the Taiwanese firm’s first initiative with Apple to supply all the processors used in iPhones and iPads, Apple chief operating officer Jeff Williams said yesterday.
Williams made the remarks at a panel discussion in Taipei organized by TSMC as part of a series of activities celebrating the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the world’s biggest contract chipmaker.
Williams did not specify which iPhone he was referring to.
“TSMC invested US$9 billion and had 6,000 people working around the clock to bring up the Tainan fab in just 11 months, and in the end, the execution was flawless,” Williams said. “Companies in the world spent US$9 billion in capital across everything, not a single bet.”
In that short period of time, Apple and TSMC together shipped more than 500 million chips, Williams said. [FULL STORY]