Taiwan's TSMC begins construction on US$19.6 Billion 3nm fab

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/28
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has begun construction on a new US$19.6 billion 3nm fab that is anticipated to be completed in 2023.

TSMC has acquired 30 hectares of land on which to build a new 3nm wafer fab in the Southern Taiwan Science and Technology Park, reported DigiTimes. The processors are expected to begin rolling off the assembly line by 2023, according to ithome.

The cost of the new plant is estimated to be NT$600 billion (US$19.6 billion). Earlier in October, a U.S.-based brokerage said that in 2020, TSMC is likely to control 90 percent of the international 7nm technology market, enabling it to dominate the 5nm and 3nm processes over the next three years.    [FULL  STORY]