Overview
TSMC Fab 18 is one of TSMC's six 12-inch GIGAFAB® facilities. Coordinated by a centralized super manufacturing platform (SMP), the GIGAFAB® network provides consistent quality, rapid yield learning, and high flexibility. Together, these facilities exceeded a combined capacity of 12.74 million wafers in 2024, supporting process technologies ranging from 0.13μm down to 3nm and their sub-nodes. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at 8, Beiyuan Rd. 2, Tainan Science Park, Tainan 745-43, Taiwan, R.O.C.. It focuses on Logic / Foundry and N3, N5 process nodes on 300mm wafers. This site represents an estimated investment of $17.08B and a production capacity of 120,000 wafers per month. Production at this facility commenced in 2020.
Technology
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.