TSMC is delaying the start of mass production of its first Arizona facility from 2024 to 2025; the fab will build 4nm chips.
reports today that TSMC, the contract foundry that produces all of Apple’s chips and also counts Qualcomm, Nvidia, MediaTek, and other fabless chip designers as customers, will report a 10% decline in revenue this year. In addition, the U.S. factory in Arizona that was supposed to go online next year will have to delay the start of production at the facility. Announced during the Trump administration and supported by the Biden administration, the facility ties in with the desire of the U.S. government and tech leaders to make the country self-sufficient when it comes to semiconductor production. Plans called for the factory to start producing 4nm chips in 2024 with a second facility scheduled to open in 2026 to manufacture 3nm chips.
