Apple and Huida will be the first customers of TSMC's new plant in Arizona.

(European News Agency)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Nikkei reported on Monday (5th) that Apple and Huida will be the first customers of TSMC's new plant in Arizona. TSMC is expected to start producing the most advanced chips as early as the end of next year.

People familiar with the matter told Nikkei Asia that Apple and Huida will be the most important first-wave customers when the factory starts production.

Other top U.S. chip developers, including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Xilinx, are also in talks with TSMC to buy products.

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On Tuesday, the installation ceremony was a grand gathering of Biden and the executives of major American factories

The report pointed out that in order to further emphasize the importance of TSMC's new plant to the US chip ambitions, US President Biden will attend the installation ceremony of the first equipment at the TSMC plant on Tuesday.

TSMC founder Zhongmou Chang, chairman Liu Deyin and president Wei Zhejia will also meet with top executives from Apple, Vita, AMD, Arm and Synopsys, as well as chip equipment maker Applied Materials. ), Lam Research and other companies attended the event.

This will become one of the most important semiconductor industry events in the post-epidemic era.

TSMC initially planned to produce 20,000 wafers per month in Arizona, but now aims to double that capacity and produce more advanced chips there, sources told Nikkei.

According to the new plan, the Arizona plant will eventually use 3nm technology, and the investment in 3nm expansion may be greater than TSMC's US$12 billion investment in the first phase of the plant, but future production capacity will be further adjusted according to customer needs.

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