Getting TSMC to build multiple fabs in the U.S. was a positive development for the U.S. as the country hopes to eventually become self-sufficient in chip production which would take away the fears that U.S. tech companies have of China attacking Taiwan to take over TSMC.
TSMC’s Arizona factory is producing A16 Bionic chips for Apple products. | Image credit-Unknown
According to Culpan’s sources, the factory that is producing the A16 SoC in Arizona is TSMC’s Fab 21and the application processor will be produced in “small, but significant, numbers.” This stage one production is a test to see how the factory is operating. Once stage one is over, the production volume will ramp up. If everything stays as is, the fab will hit a production target by the first half of 2025.
Manufacturing chips is a precise business and if something is off by even a fraction of a millimeter, the production will not meet quality controls. So to hear that in a few months, the processors used in some of Apple’s mobile devices will have been “made in the USA” is something that many never thought would occur so soon or even at all.
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