Posted on Friday, October 09 2020 @ 21:52 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
reports TSMC will likely announce another increase in capital expenditures. Due to booming demand for its cutting-edge 7nm and 5nm nodes, the Taiwanese foundry is expected to announce further capacity expansion. The report also mentions that memory maker Micron is expanding production capacity in Taiwan.
TSMC, with clients lining up eagerly for a share of its capacity support, has reported record sales for Septmber. The foundry house's 7nm and 5nm manufacturing capacity has been falling short of demand, and TSMC is likely to raise capex for expanding its advanced node manufacturing lines. Micron Technology is also expanding its production capacity in Taiwan. The US memory vendor is already installing equipment at a new fab in central Taiwan, with construction of the Micron plant to complete by year-end 2020. For server suppliers, demand from datacenter clients is regaining momentum after a slow third quarter.
