"... the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is officially starting mass production at an advanced chip-manufacturing facility in Phoenix in 2025. The fab represents the arrival of advanced chip manufacturing in the United States and a test of whether the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act can help stabilize the semiconductor-industry supply chain for the United States and its allies."

#KatherineBourzac, 2024

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The U.S. Will Start Manufacturing Advanced Chips

<p>A TSMC fab will open in Arizona in 2025, a test of the CHIPS Act</p>

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