The first enterprise was inaugurated today.
A series of publications on the pages of the Nikkei Asian Review website, which found itself in the thick of events, makes it possible to understand what plans the Taiwanese company TSMC now has to further expand its presence in Japan. First of all, today was the official opening ceremony of TSMC's first overseas facility since 2018. It is located on the island of Kyushu and was built with the financial participation of the Japanese authorities, as well as JASM shareholders represented by Sony and Denso. It is noteworthy that among the clients of the first enterprise, which will produce chips in a range of technological processes from 12-nm to 28-nm, was the Japanese company Renesas. The latter has its own factories, but they are content with the 40-nm process technology, so Renesas turns to contractors for help to produce more modern products.
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TSMC's desire to build a second plant in Japan was also officially confirmed. It will begin producing 6nm and 7nm products by the end of 2027, and one of the shareholders will be Toyota Motor Corporation, and not Denso, which is close to it. It is expected that the Japanese authorities will allocate up to $4.9 billion in subsidies for the construction of the second enterprise, and in total, up to $8 billion of TSMC's more than $20 billion in capital costs for the construction of two enterprises in Japan will be covered by government subsidies. Each of the two enterprises will be able to produce monthly at least 50,000 silicon wafers with semiconductor components. The first of them will now focus on trial production of products, and will release serial production by the end of this year.