Overview
TSMC Washington (formerly WaferTech) is TSMC's first manufacturing facility in the United States. It operates as a 200mm (8-inch) specialty fab focusing on mature nodes and Embedded Flash technology, serving critical sectors such as automotive, industrial, and military/aerospace. The facility was officially rebranded from WaferTech to TSMC Washington in 2023 to better reflect its integration into the global TSMC ecosystem. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at 5509 N.W. Parker Street, Camas, WA 98607-9299, U.S.A.. It focuses on Logic / Foundry, Processors, Automotive / Specialty and 160, 180, 250, 350, 150 process nodes on 200mm wafers. This site represents an estimated investment of $1.2B and a production capacity of 35,000 wafers per month. Production at this facility commenced in 1998.
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.