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The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

TSMC opens development center in Tsukuba

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda, second from left, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Chief Executive Officer C.C. Wei, second from right, pose at a facility of the TSMC Japan 3DIC R&D Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Friday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has opened a state-of-the-art semiconductor technology development center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.

The Japanese government offered a subsidy of about 19 billion yen to attract the world's largest contract semiconductor maker, which will use the center to research manufacturing technology, or post-processing, which affects the performance of semiconductors.

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