{"id":1498544,"date":"2024-10-25T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1498544"},"modified":"2024-10-25T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T19:50:00","slug":"tsmcs-chip-plant-in-phoenix-achieves-higher-yields-than-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/tsmcs-chip-plant-in-phoenix-achieves-higher-yields-than-taiwan\/1498544\/","title":{"rendered":"TSMC’s Chip Plant In Phoenix Achieves Higher Yields Than\u00a0Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

TSMC’s Chip Plant In Phoenix Achieves Higher Yields Than\u00a0Taiwan<\/span><\/p>\n

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During a webinar<\/a> on Wednesday hosted by the\u00a0Potomac Institute for Policy\u00a0Studies, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing US President Rick Cassidy told listeners that\u00a0TSMC’s Phoenix, Arizona chip factory\u00a0has achieved around 4% more usable chips than its Taiwan plants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Bloomberg<\/a>,\u00a0this is a critical metric for TSMC, as its most advanced and efficient chip plants are based in\u00a0Taiwan. It marks a major win for the US in reshoring chip production through the Biden administration’s\u00a02022 Chips and Science Act.\u00a0However, Vice President Harris finds little leverage in touting domestic chip developments as\u00a0inflation and border invasion\u00a0dominate headlines with the election just ten days away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Our first fab entered engineering wafer production in April with 4-nanometer process technology, and the result is highly satisfactory, with a very good yield,”\u00a0TSMC CEO C.C. Wei told investors during an earnings call with investors last week, adding,\u00a0“This is an important operational milestone for TSMC and our customers, demonstrating TSMC’s strong manufacturing capability and execution.”<\/p>\n

TSMC has been one of the largest\u00a0recipients of the Chips and Science Act, receiving\u00a0$6.6 billion in grants and up to $5 billion in loans\u2014plus\u00a025% tax credits\u2014to build three chip plants in\u00a0Arizona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So far, across all companies, the Biden administration has allocated $39 billion in direct grants, alongside $75 billion in loans and guarantees through the\u00a0Chips and Science Act to revamp America’s chip-making capacity that has collapsed over the decades after manufacturing was offshored to Asia. This reversal in trend is a promising sign for the revitalization of America’s manufacturing capacities by the end of the decade. Also, high-tech chips for weapons systems mustn’t be produced in areas in or around China – just in case geopolitical tensions spark snarled supply chains.<\/p>\n

Here’s what X users are saying:<\/p>\n

How do I short Taiwan?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Reddit Lies (@reddit_lies) October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Hmm.<\/p>\n

That’s interesting yeah. I don’t get the impression that the Harris campaign has made CHIPS\/IRA stuff a big part of its message.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Oops.<\/p>\n

Earnings call said AZ profit margin is worse.<\/p>\n

I wonder how much due to AZ being the newest fab producing 4nm whereas newer Taiwan fabs are doing 3nm and first gen 3nm had notably poor yields.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh (@Jskybowen) October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Last month, Taiwan-based independent journalist\u00a0Tim Culpan\u00a0revealed that TSMC’s Arizona plant produced the\u00a0first batch of Apple A16 chips<\/a> using the 4 nm process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After the chips are\u00a0manufactured in Arizona,\u00a0they’ll likely be sent to Foxconn factories in China or India, where low-cost labor\u00a0will be used to assemble iPhones or iPads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0great news for made-in-America chips – and reshoring efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 10\/25\/2024 – 11:50<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/tsmcs-chip-plant-phoenix-achieves-higher-yields-taiwan<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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