Wei was asked about the potential fab during TSMC's latest earnings call, but simply said that the company had nothing further to add. The fab is said to cost more than a trillion yen, or over US$7.4 billion to build. This suggests that these would be mainstream nodes by then, which points to yet another fab for either the vehicle industry or something similar. According to the paper, the new fab would be focusing on 5 and 10 nanometer chips, but production isn't expected to start until sometime in the second half of this decade. The original source is the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper (via Reuters), based in Tokyo, although it's unclear where the actual fab would be located, if it's indeed even happening. The rumour mill has kicked into high gear this week about TSMC planning a second fab in Japan.
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