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TSMC's Third Arizona Fab Starts Volume Production on N2 and A16
ESTIMATED58% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsTSMC'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.0.80TSMC's Second Kumamoto Fab (JASM) Starts 3nm Volume Production
ESTIMATED12 months late71% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsOnly 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.$17B0.71TSMC Starts Volume Production of 2nm (N2) Chips in Kaohsiung
ESTIMATED73% CONFIDENCE266 days agoTSMC'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.0.71TSMC's 1.6nm-Class A16 Process Enters Volume Production
DELAYED12 months late67% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsTSMC'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.0.69TSMC's Dresden Fab (ESMC) Starts Production
ESTIMATED73% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 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.€10B0.68TSMC Q2 2026 Results: Record $40.2B Revenue, Capex Raised to $60-64B
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE69 days agoTSMC's[1][2] release, datelined "HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Jul. 16, 2026", says TSMC "today announced" its second-quarter results, and the call transcript TSMC posts gives "EVENT DATE/TIME: JULY 16, 2026 / 6:00AM GMT" (2 p.m. Taiwan time, as the FTNN report of TSMC's schedule says: "16日下午2時").TSMC reported second-quarter revenue of US$40.20 billion, up 33.7% from a year earlier, a 67.7% gross margin and record net income of NT$706.56 billion, guided Q3 revenue to US$44.6-45.8 billion and raised its 2026 capital budget to US$60-64 billion.0.67TSMC 2026 North America Technology Symposium in Santa Clara
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE154 days agoTSMC'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.0.67US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE251 days agoCNBC[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.0.66In December last year TSMC started to work on its 5nm process
CONFIRMED79% CONFIDENCE6.5 years agoHappened 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.0.66TSMC's Dresden Fab (ESMC) Tops Out
CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE9 days agoFocus Taiwan[1]: "A topping out ceremony was held Monday at the site" (dateline Sept. 14, "The ceremony, held on Sept. 14"); dpa's preview gave the time: ESMC "feiert ... am Montag (12.00 Uhr) mit einem Richtfest den Abschluss des Rohbaus" - noon CEST, 10:00 UTC.Twenty-five months after its groundbreaking, ESMC - TSMC's joint venture with Bosch, Infineon and NXP - celebrated the topping-out of its roughly EUR 10 billion chip fab in Dresden, TSMC's first in Europe. The shell is finished; cleanroom fit-out follows, with the first process tools due in the second half of 2027.€10B0.66Texas Instruments Starts Production at Its Sherman SM1 Fab
Texas Instruments Sherman site, US-75 at Shepherd Road, Sherman, TX 75090, United StatesTexas Instruments…
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE280 days agoTI's news release is dated "17 DEC 2025" and announces that it "begins production at its newest 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas".[1]TI began production at SM1, the first 300mm wafer fab on its site off US-75 at Shepherd Road in Sherman, three and a half years after breaking ground. The site is laid out for up to four connected fabs and is meant to support as many as 3,000 direct jobs; TI is spending more than $60 billion across seven fabs in Texas and Utah.0.66TSMC Q3 2026 Earnings Conference
SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 22 daysTSMC'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.0.63
