TSMC’s $100 Billion Investment in U.S. Shores Up Top Foundry
By Alan Patterson, EETimes - March 5, 2025
TSMC will add $100 billion to its investment in the U.S. to start domestic production of AI chips, narrowly dodging tariffs of up to 50% that U.S. President Donald Trump was threatening to levy on imports from the Taiwanese company.
The expansion would build three new chip fabs, two advanced-packaging facilities and an R&D center near Phoenix, Arizona, making the project the largest single foreign direct investment in U.S. history, TSMC said. The company did not provide a timeframe or process technology roadmap for the new investment.
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