TSMC is making rapid progress in cutting-edge chip production in the U.S. The company spent five years building its first manufacturing facility in Arizona, but has announced that future U.S. factories will be completed in two years or less.

TSMC could complete U.S. factories soon

The Arizona facility uses relatively old process processes. For example, it currently produces the A16 Bionic processor that powers Apple’s iPhone 15. That chip is designed on TSMC’s 4nm, an improved 5nm process.

At the same time, facilities in Taiwan are producing the A18 and A18 Pro chips for the iPhone 16 series on the second-generation 3nm process (N3E). This downsizing of the process process allows the chips to be more powerful and more energy efficient. For example, a chip manufactured on the 3nm process theoretically offers higher performance and energy efficiency than a chip manufactured on 4nm or 5nm.

TSMC plans to open a new factory in the US that will be able to produce 3nm chips in 2028. The company also announced that it will start producing 2nm chips in the US by 2030. This process is currently considered the most advanced process technology.

The expansion of TSMC factories in the US is of great importance to Apple. The possibility of China attacking Taiwan and taking control of TSMC is quite frightening for Apple CEO Tim Cook. The ability of facilities in the US to produce chips with advanced process processes will provide an alternative production line for customers like Apple in the event of a possible attack.

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