3nm, 2nm and 1nm chip factories are here! TSMC: I have a showdown
3nm, 2nm and 1nm TSMC
Among chip manufacturing companies, TSMC’s technology is the most advanced. Among them, TSMC’s foundry production capacity is the world’s largest, with 53% of the world’s chip foundry share. On the other hand, TSMC’s chip manufacturing technology is advanced.
It is reported that TSMC is not only the first to mass-produce chips with processes such as 7nm and 5nm, the key is that the manufacturing process and yield rate are higher than Samsung.
Therefore, many countries and regions have actively invited TSMC to build factories, and the United States and Japan are also among the ranks. The purpose is to want TSMC's most advanced chip manufacturing technology, but they are all rejected by TSMC.

But after the chip rules were revised, TSMC announced that it would invest 12 billion US dollars in the United States to build a 5nm chip production line, which is currently the most advanced chip that TSMC can produce.
For the United States, it is considered to have obtained the most advanced chip manufacturing technology. After all, Intel has not yet been able to mass-produce chips with processes such as 7nm.
3nm, 2nm and 1nm chip factories are here! TSMC: I have a showdown
It is reported that TSMC's US factory has started construction, with an estimated investment of 12 billion U.S. dollars, but the actual construction cost will exceed 12 billion U.S. dollars. It is expected to start production in 2024 with a monthly output of 20,000 wafers.

But in recent days, new news came from TSMC, and the situation is like this.
TSMC has officially announced that it will invest 230 billion yuan to build a 2nm chip factory, which will be located in the Zhongke Park in Taiwan Province, with a construction area of ​​about 100 hectares.
In addition, the 1nm chip factory is also being prepared and will also be located in the China Science Park.
You know, in addition to the 2nm and 1nm chip factories, TSMC has been actively expanding its chip factories for a long time to prepare for the production of 3nm chips.
According to the news released by TSMC, TSMC will mass produce 3nm process chips as scheduled in 2022, and the time will be in the fourth quarter of 2022. The first batch of production capacity will be shared by Apple and Intel.

In other words, TSMC’s 3nm, 2nm and 1nm chip factories are here.
This means that although TSMC does not currently produce 3nm, 2nm, and 1nm chips, it has the ability to build 3nm, 2nm, and 1nm chip production plants.
The United States has always wanted TSMC’s most advanced chip manufacturing technology. TSMC only builds 5nm chip production in the United States, but builds 3nm, 2nm and 1nm chip factories in Taiwan Province, which is tantamount to TSMC’s showdown.
And TSMC chooses to showdown at this time, which is equivalent to telling the United States that TSMC is building a 5nm chip production line in the United States, which is not the most advanced chip production line.

Although 3nm, 2nm and 1nm chips cannot be produced for the time being, TSMC has the ability to build production lines for 3nm, 2nm and 1nm chips.
And these advanced chip production technologies are in the hands of TSMC and will not be beautiful.
In addition, the TSMC showdown is equivalent to telling the United States that it is impossible to master the global chip industry chain, let alone build a complete chip industry chain.
Because advanced chip production technology is in the hands of TSMC, although 5nm chip production lines have been built in the United States, TSMC’s 3nm and 2nm chips will be launched in 2022 and 2024.

Without mastery of the most advanced chip production technology, the United States will not be able to master the global chip industry chain, let alone have a complete chip industry chain, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has advanced chip manufacturing technology.
Finally, TSMC is actively building 2nm, 1nm and other chip factories, and also wants to reduce the proportion of US technology through more advanced chip manufacturing technology as soon as possible.
After all, TSMC cannot ship freely because it contains U.S. technology, but the more advanced the chip, the lower its proportion of U.S. technology. This will accelerate TSMC's reduction of the proportion of U.S. technology, or even abandon it altogether.

You know, Qualcomm and others have already obtained the free shipping license, but TSMC has not. For TSMC, to achieve free shipping, the fastest and best way is to reduce the proportion of US technology.
Otherwise, ASML announced a new generation of EUV lithography machine, Samsung and Intel responded very much, but TSMC did not act.