TSMC's Dresden Fab (ESMC) Starts Production
European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Ring, Hellerau/Wilschdorf, 01109 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
TSMC
ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins73% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 73%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 1.2 yearsTSMC's[1][6] founding release gives a bound, not a day: "production targeted to begin by the end of 2027"; at the September 2026 topping-out the partners still said production starts in 2027 and Hardwareluxx[3] reported tool installation "bis Ende 2027", after which the first chips follow - so 31 December 2027, estimated.
ESMC, TSMC's EUR 10 billion joint venture with Bosch, Infineon and NXP, is due to start production at its Dresden fab by the end of 2027 - Europe's first FinFET-capable foundry, making 28/22nm and 16/12nm chips mainly for cars and industry.
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