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Thursday 29 February 2024
TSMC's 'Black Ship' sails into Japan, sparking South Korean concerns about reversal of competitive edge
Kumamoto, a small Japanese city that suffered a devastating earthquake in 2016, recently witnessed a momentous occasion--the grand opening of TSMC's Kumamoto Fab 1. Dubbed the "Reiwa...
Tuesday 27 February 2024
TSMC gives Japan's automotive IDM firms the kiss of life
TSMC's new wafer plants in Europe, the US, and Japan are reenergizing automotive IDM firms around the world.
Tuesday 27 February 2024
Back-end houses divided on whether to build Japanese facilities like TSMC
According to industry sources in Taiwan, IC back-end houses are divided as to whether they will establish facilities in Japan similar to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Tuesday 27 February 2024
TSMC faces challenges from building overseas fabs
TSMC's challenges are not just about maintaining its position as the world's number one pure-play foundry by continuing to advance manufacturing technology and securing orders from...
Monday 26 February 2024
Shazam! TSMC opens JASM fab, Taiwan's tech minister Wu can't wait
Taiwan's Minister of Science and Technology, Wu Tsung-tsong, said TSMC's new Kumamoto fab offers win-win outcomes for all involved.
Monday 26 February 2024
JASM Fab2 subsidies and ESG facts revealed
After the opening ceremony of TSMC's first fab in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ken Saito, told the media at the event that he would subsidize...
Monday 26 February 2024
Taiwan-Japan industrial ties expected to deepen following TSMC fab
TSMC opened its first fab in Kumamoto on February 24, with plans for the second fab in the prefecture to commence construction by 2024 and begin operation in 2027. Industry insiders...
Monday 26 February 2024
Morris Chang: JASM will improve chip resiliency and start a semiconductor Renaissance in Japan
Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. (JASM), a majority-owned subsidiary of TSMC, held the opening ceremony of its first fab in Kumamoto on February 24, 2024. It has created...
Friday 23 February 2024
How Japan pulled off an early victory in the race to make more chips
When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. unveiled plans to begin building a new chip fabrication facility in Japan in 2022 and start production in 2024, it looked like an implausibly...
Friday 23 February 2024
Japan to subsidize US$5 billion for TSMC's Fab2 in Kumamoto
The day before Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) inauguration of its first fab in Kumamoto, Japan, on February 24, Japanese media outlets reported that the Japanese...
Thursday 22 February 2024
TSMC Japan fab slated for year-end launch
On February 24, TSMC will hold an opening ceremony for its first fabrication facility in Japan, located in Kumamoto. The fab is scheduled to go online at the end of 2024.
Thursday 15 February 2024
Why TSMC may have different strategies in Japan and Arizona? Q&A with former TSMC General Counsel Richard Thurston
Asia Pacific (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Singapore) accounts for 84% of global chip exports and is home to 10 of the 16 semiconductor exporters and the top six suppliers, which...
Wednesday 7 February 2024
JASM's Kumamoto site to become GigaFab after Fab2 enters production
Production sites with a monthly capacity of 100,000 wafers or more are called GIGAFAB Facilities at TSMC. Currently, TSMC has four GigaFab facilities in Taiwan. With the capacity...
Friday 2 February 2024
Why TSMC's Japan experience is good for its German fab: Q&A with DIGITIMES advisor Albert Lin
Having to overcome ramps and bumps on its internationalization journey, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's leading pure-play foundry, is learning to act...
Monday 29 January 2024
AI chip advancements fuel surge in Japanese semiconductor backend process materials
Amidst the rapid advancement in AI chip development, emerging technologies like chiplets are making semiconductor backend processes more intricate. As a result, the prices and profit...