TSMC and its partners plan to send several hundred additional workers from Taiwan to help install chip production tools and other equipment at its Fab 21 in Arizona. The primary goal of deploying these workers to the U.S. is to boost productivity and compensate for delays that have already occurred in installing cleanroom tools and infrastructure systems processes, reports Nikkei.
Negotiations are underway between TSMC, its partners, and the U.S. authorities to expedite the application process for non-immigrant visas in an effort to dispatch more than 500 skilled workers by July. The workforce being sent from Taiwan will include contract technicians and workers with practical experience in a variety of specialties, such as installing wafer fab tools and making them work in concert as well as building mechanical and electrical systems for chip fabs, the report said.
