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Posted on Wednesday, November 25 2020 @ 12:35 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
reports TSMC held a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the factory structure for its 3nm fab at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP). After this the foundry will still need to install the necessary semiconductor tools. Commercial production at TSMC's first 3nm plant is expected to start in the second half of 2022.
TSMC 3nm fab nears completion: TSMC has held a topping-out ceremony for a new 3nm fab at its manufacturing base at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), paving the way for the new facility to kick off commercial production in the second half of 2022.