Biden to join Tim Cook as well as AMD and Nvidia chiefs for an announcement from the semiconductor giant next week
TSMC reportedly plans to make 4nm chips at its Arizona manufacturing plant when it goes online in 2024, a significant upgrade from the Asian foundry giant’s previous commitment to focus on less advanced 5nm silicon at its first leading-edge US fab.
The Taiwanese chipmaker has updated plans for its Phoenix fab at the behest of its customers including Apple, Nvidia, and AMD, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
President Joe Biden is expected to join Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su at a ceremony in Arizona next Tuesday where TSMC will make the announcement, the report said.
TSMC is also anticipated to confirm at the event that it will construct a second fab at the Phoenix site to make 3nm chips, its most state-of-the-art silicon in production, according to the newsw wire. The company’s founder, Morris Chang, said last week that TSMC was weighing the possibility.
