TSMC's $8bn Japan chip project steams ahead as U.S. site hits snags

Tool installation at Kumamoto plant to start in October, production to begin in 2024

20231002 TSMC Kumamoto

TSMC's $8 billion plant in southwestern Japan is set to start production by the end of 2024. (Photo by Toshiki Sasazu) 

CHENG TING-FANG and RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will begin installing equipment at its new chip plant in Japan this month, a sign that the project is proceeding more rapidly than the company's cutting-edge facility in the U.S.

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