{"id":885059,"date":"2025-11-28T06:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=885059"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:37:43","slug":"tsmc-to-build-ten-2nm-fabs-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/business\/tsmc-to-build-ten-2nm-fabs-in-taiwan-2025-11\/","title":{"rendered":"TSMC to build ten 2nm fabs in Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TSMC is to up its number of 2nm fabs in Taiwan to ten, reports <em>Liberty Times<\/em>. Previously it had planned seven 2nm fabs for Taiwan.<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1548721793\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Two of the ten are at the Baoshan site in Hsinchu; five at Kaohsiung and the additional three in Tainan.<\/p><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1412024626\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>In the US, TSMC is building a three fab cluster which will all be 2nm capable with various starting dates from 2027 to 2030.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-2054295020\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-885071 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/27171606\/IMG_1388.webp\" alt=\"TSMC to build ten 2nm fabs in Taiwan\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/27171606\/IMG_1388.webp 680w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/27171606\/IMG_1388-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<p><span class=\"byline-item\">Earlier this month TSMC started building its first 1.4nm fab in an eventual four fab complex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By the end of this year TSMC expects to have opened or equipped eight wafer fabs and one packaging plant in the course of 2025 &#8211; making it \u00a0the most aggressive single-year expansion in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSMC is to up its number of 2nm fabs in Taiwan to ten, reports Liberty Times. 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