Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TSMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TSMC</span></a>'s first new overseas <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fab</span></a> in years begins to make chips — JASM coming online<br>The plant, operated by Japan Advanced <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Semiconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semiconductor</span></a> Manufacturing (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JASM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JASM</span></a>), produces chips using a variety of process technologies for TSMC's major customers in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>. TSMC's new fab near Kumamoto on Kyushu Island can process up to 55,000 300-mm wafer starts per month (WSPM) using TSMC's 40 nm, 28 nm, 22 nm, 16 nm, and 12 nm-class process technologies. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmcs-first-new-overseas-fab-in-years-begins-to-make-chips-jasm-coming-online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/tech-industry</span><span class="invisible">/tsmcs-first-new-overseas-fab-in-years-begins-to-make-chips-jasm-coming-online</span></a></p>