Report: TSMC confirms U.S. wafer fab site hunt. Nothing to do with Apple. via @eetimes

Report: TSMC confirms U.S. wafer fab site hunt

eetimes.com 20 Dec '12, 10am

Report: TSMC confirms U.S. wafer fab site hunt. Nothing to do with Apple. via @eetimes

LONDON – Amid plans to increase capital spending to a record $9 billion in 2013, Taiwanese foundry TSMC is seeking a location for a wafer fab, with the U.S. as a possibility, according to a local news report. Commenting on speculation that TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) might build a fab in New York, Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of TSMC, said that his company is looking for a location for a wafer fab. "The U.S. is one of the places under consideration. But this has nothing to do with Apple," the Taipei Times quoted Chang as saying. Chang was speaking at the Supply Chain Management Forum in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It has been speculated that TSMC might be the entity behind Project Azalea that is considering build a factory in New York state, or behind a similarly named project in Oregon. It has also been speculated that TSMC might be considering a U.S. site under pressure from Apple, wh...

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Report: TSMC confirms US wafer fab site hunt - EE Times [link]