Taiwan Indicts Three Engineers Over the Theft of TSMC's 2nm Secrets

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@LawDesk

  Court Sentences Ex-TSMC Engineer to 10 Years in the 2nm Trade Secret Case

  Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, 7 Xianmin Boulevard Section 2, Banqiao District, New Taipei 220, Taiwan

  Empieza el 27/04/2026CONFIRMADO87% DE CONFIANZAhace 149 díasFocus Taiwan^[1] (CNA^[3][4][5]), 27 April 2026: 'A former TSMC engineer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison ... a court ruled Monday'; CNA says the verdict was read on the morning of the 27th. No time is given, so it is an all-day date.

  Taiwan's Intellectual Property and Commercial Court jailed Chen Li-ming for 10 years, three TSMC engineers for 2 to 6 years, and fined Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit NT$150 million - the first verdict under the National Security Act's core-technology clause.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@LawDesk

  Supreme Court Makes the TSMC 2nm Leak Sentences Final

  Supreme Court, 6 Changsha Street Section 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei 10048, Taiwan

  Empieza el 30/07/2026CONFIRMADO88% DE CONFIANZAhace 55 díasFocus Taiwan^[1] (CNA^[4]), 30 July 2026: 'The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected appeals by two former ... TSMC employees ... making their sentences final'; PTS^[2] quotes the court's deputy spokesman on the ruling of the 30th. No time is given, so it is an all-day date.

  Taiwan's Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Chen Li-ming and Chen Wei-chieh, making their 10- and 6-year sentences for leaking TSMC's 2nm and 14nm secrets final; both go straight to prison.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal

  TSMC·…U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20230, United States

  Empieza el 15/01/2026CONFIRMADO86% DE CONFIANZAhace 251 díasCNBC^[1], published 15 January 2026: 'The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement ... the Department of Commerce announced Thursday'; USTR's^[2] February fact sheet dates the 'Memorandum of Understanding signed by AIT and TECRO on January 15, 2026'. No signing time is given, so it is an all-day date.

  A memorandum signed in Washington commits Taiwanese chipmakers such as TSMC to at least $250 billion of new US investment plus $250 billion in Taiwan credit guarantees, in return for a 15% tariff cap and Section 232 chip-tariff exemptions for companies building US fabs.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC's Third Arizona Fab Starts Volume Production on N2 and A16

  TSMC·…P3, TSMC Arizona Fab 21, F Road, North Gateway, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85085, United States

  Empieza el 31/12/2029ESTIMADO58% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 3,3 añosTSMC's^[1][4] Arizona page gives only a span: "Third Fab: In April 2025, TSMC broke ground on the site of the third fab, slated for N2 and A16 process technologies. Targeting volume production by the end of the decade." - so the decade's last day, estimated.

  The third fab on TSMC's north Phoenix campus, where ground was broken in April 2025, is slated for its 2nm (N2) and A16 processes and targeted for volume production by the end of the decade - the most advanced chipmaking TSMC has committed to the United States.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC Starts Volume Production of 2nm (N2) Chips in Kaohsiung

  TSMC·…TSMC Fab22 P1, 園區北路, Nanzi District, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan

  Empieza el 31/12/2025ESTIMADO73% DE CONFIANZAhace 266 díasTSMC's^[1][2] 2nm page says N2 "has started volume production in 4Q25 as planned" and its 2025 annual report that it "entered high volume manufacturing in 4Q'25"; neither names the day, so the quarter's last day stands in.

  TSMC's first nanosheet-transistor node, N2, entered volume production in the fourth quarter of 2025 as planned, starting at Fab 22 in Kaohsiung, with Fab 20 in Hsinchu as its second 2nm fab.

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• Semiconductores21/06/2017@ThePinGang

  In December last year TSMC started to work on its 5nm process

  TSMC

  

  Empieza el 31/03/2020CONFIRMADO79% DE CONFIANZAhace 6,5 añosHappened as dated, per hexus.net^[1]: "…progress of these plans, with a target launch date set for H1 2020. Now a recent report suggests th…"

  In December last year TSMC started to work on its 5nm process. In the following January we heard from the firm's CEO about the progress of these plans, with a target launch date set for H1 2020. Now a recent report suggests that TSMC is confident of reaching its previously publicised goals, as it has started to allocate between 300 and 400 R&D staff to work on developing its 3nm process.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC's 1.6nm-Class A16 Process Enters Volume Production

  TSMC·…TSMC headquarters, 8 Lixing 6th Road, Baoshan, Hsinchu County 30082, Taiwan

  Empieza el 31/12/2027RETRASADO12 meses de retraso67% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 1,3 añosTSMC's^[2][5] Kevin Zhang told Tom's Hardware "A16 will be ready for production in 2026... we expect volume production to begin in 2027", and TSMC's roadmap slide lists A16 under 2027; with no quarter named, the year's last day stands in.

  A16, TSMC's first node with Super Power Rail backside power delivery, is expected to reach volume production in 2027, a year after the 2026 production TSMC planned when it unveiled the node.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC's Second Kumamoto Fab (JASM) Starts 3nm Volume Production

  TSMC·…JASM, Haramizu, Kikuyo, Kikuchi County, Kumamoto Prefecture 869-1103, Japan

  Empieza el 31/12/2028ESTIMADO12 meses de retraso71% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 2,3 añosOnly a year is given: Taiwan's MOEA says the fab is "scheduled to start installing equipment and come online in 2028", and C.C. Wei said on the 16 April 2026 call that "commercial production is scheduled to begin in 2028" - so the year's last day, estimated.^[1]

  JASM's second fab in Kikuyo, Kumamoto - switched from 6nm-class chips to TSMC's 3nm process - is due to start volume production in 2028 at 15,000 12-inch wafers a month, making Japan's first 3nm chips about a year after the end-2027 start TSMC first promised.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC Q3 2026 Earnings Conference

  TSMC·…TSMC headquarters, 8 Lixing 6th Road, Baoshan, Hsinchu County 30082, Taiwan

  Empieza el 15/10/2026 6:00PROGRAMADO80% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 22 díasTSMC's^[1][2][3] own teleconference notice reads "TSMC Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call ... Thursday, October 15, 2026, 02:00 - 03:30 a.m. Eastern Time / 14:00 - 15:30 p.m. Taiwan Time", so 06:00-07:30 UTC; the notice names no venue yet, so the pin sits at TSMC's headquarters.

  TSMC reports third-quarter 2026 results and gives its fourth-quarter outlook at its earnings conference on Thursday 15 October at 2 p.m. Taiwan time, against its own guidance of US$44.6-45.8 billion in revenue and a 65-67% gross margin.

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• Derecho21/09/2026@PoliticsDesk

  The Taiwan Relations Act Becomes Law

  The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, United StatesUnited States Congress

  

  Empieza el 10/04/1979CONFIRMADO83% DE CONFIANZAhace 47,5 añosThe Office of the Historian states that the Taiwan Relations Act "became law on April 10, 1979". No end date: the Act carries no sunset and is still in force.^[1]

  Three months after breaking relations with Taipei, Congress wrote the substitute into law: an unofficial relationship run through the American Institute in Taiwan, arms 'of a defensive character', and a declared US capacity to resist any resort to force against Taiwan. It has governed the question ever since.

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• Semiconductores23/09/2026@TechDesk

  TSMC 2026 North America Technology Symposium in Santa Clara

  TSMC·…Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, United States

  Empieza el 22/04/2026 15:30CONFIRMADO85% DE CONFIANZAhace 154 díasTSMC's^[1] release is datelined "SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr. 22, 2026" and says it "today debuted" A13 at the symposium; GUC's event page gives "8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (PDT, UTC-7)" at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

  TSMC's largest annual customer event opened its 2026 series at the Santa Clara Convention Center on 22 April, where it debuted the A13 process, previewed A12 and introduced N2U.

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• Transporte11/09/2026@ThePinGang

  Chuo Shinkansen Maglev Tokyo to Nagoya

  Nagoya, Japan

  

  Empieza el 01/06/2034RETRASADO6,5 años de retraso65% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 7,7 añosDate has moved, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…suke Niwa said that due to construction delays a 2027 opening was now impossible and it is not expec…"

  A 505 km/h superconducting maglev intended to link Tokyo and Nagoya in 40 minutes, delayed by a water-diversion dispute in Shizuoka. Estimated date.

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