At a news announcement at the White House today, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei stood next to President Donalt Trump as he announced that TSMC will invest $100 billion in the United States. The new operations will primarily be in Arizona.
“The most powerful AI chips in the world will be made right here in America," Trump said. This new pledge is on top of the already existing $65 billion investment that the company has made in its existing fabs that are already putting out 4nm chips.
Trump said that the investment will go towards building three fabs, two packaging facilities, and a research and development center. Trump suggested there will be more than 20,000 jobs in and around the Arizona facilities, while TSMC's press release says it will "support 40,000 construction jobs over the next four years and create tens of thousands of high-paying, high-tech jobs in advanced chip manufacturing and R&D."
No mention was made of what nodes TSMC will be making chips on, nor how much capacity it will have. Apple, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm were mentioned as potential customers.
Trump highlighted the matter of economic and national security for the United States to have advanced chips manufactured within its borders.
