TSMC invests an additional $ 100 billion in the production of semiconductors in the US
Taiwanese semiconductor production company (TSMC), the best semiconductor manufacturer in the world, has promised to invest another $ 100 billion over the next four years to increase the modern production of semiconductors in the United States. The chairman and CEO of CC Wei has declared His extended investment in the US in the White House with President Donald Trump. Initially, TSMC would invest $ 40 billion to build an Arizona chip facilities that then raised up to $ 65 billion after it was declared as recipient of ACT of chips Obtaining a $ 6.6 billion grant under the Biden administration. This message is for an additional $ 100 billion, which has led to the company’s total planned investment of up to $ 165 billion. TSMC called it "The largest single foreign direct investment in US history."
During the White House announcement, Trump announced that his threat to impose new tariffs on chip imports, prompted TSMC to invest more in its US production efforts. Earlier the President told reporters that his administration can collect 25 percent taxesor higher, for the import of chips. Tariffs can be significantly higher in a year, he said.
The company’s initial investment already includes plans for three Arizona production factories. This extension will allow TSMC to build three more manufacturing plants, two facilities for advanced packaging and a major research and development center. Arizona’s TSMC facilities will produce AI chips and other avant -garde applications for their customers, which include Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom and Qualcomm. The company did not give a schedule on when the new facilities would open, but it said its additional investment would lead to 40,000 construction jobs over the next four years and create "Tens of thousands of high -paying, high -tech jobs in the modern production of chips and research and development."
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/tsmc-is-is-s-snvesting- 100billion-billion-simiconductor-manufactwing-in-The-US-130045776.
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