Overview
Fab 18 in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, Tainan, is TSMC's advanced 12-inch (300mm) GigaFab and the company's high-volume home for leading-edge nodes. These phases entered production in 2020 on the 5nm process. A TSMC GigaFab exceeds 100,000 300mm wafers per month; capacity and cost are not disclosed per phase. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Tainan, Taiwan. It focuses on Logic / Foundry and 5 process nodes on 300mm wafers. Production at this facility commenced in 2020.
TSMC Fab 18 (Tainan)
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About TSMC
TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987 and has been the world's leading dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. TSMC manufactures chips for virtually all major fabless semiconductor companies.