According to a report from Economic Daily News, amid U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's remarks claiming that Taiwan is taking away chip business and should pay the U.S. for defense, geopolitical risks have become another focal point at TSMC's July 18 earnings call. TSMC stated that wheth...

According to a report from Japanese news outlet Kyodo News, TSMC's Fab in Kikuyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (Kumamoto Fab 1) is expected to start mass production in Q4 this year. The planned second Fab (Kumamoto Fab 2) will also be located in Kikuyo. Reportedly, TSMC's Kumamoto Fab 2 has already b...

Paul de Bot, President of TSMC Europe, confirmed during a seminar in the Netherlands on May 14th that TSMC will start construction of its first chip plant in Europe in Dresden, eastern Germany. The project is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of this year, with production expected to begin...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has planned to build two fabs in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Kumamoto's newly appointed governor, Takashi Kimura, who took office in April, stated in an report from Bloomberg on May 11th that he would spare no effort to persuade TSMC to establish a ...

Following TSMC's announcement of investing USD 20 billion to build two plants in Kumamoto, Japan, industry sources cited by a report from Commercial Times has indicated that the major global semiconductor assembly and testing provider, ASE Group, is in discussions with the Japanese government to fin...