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TSMC’s American chip production yields surpass Taiwan’s

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Major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories back home, a significant breakthrough for American semiconductor fabrication.

The share of chips manufactured at TSMC’s facility in Phoenix that are usable is about 4 percentage points higher than comparable facilities in Taiwan, Rick Cassidy, president of TSMC’s US division, told listeners on a webinar Wednesday, according to a person who participated. The success rate, or yield, is a critical measure in the semiconductor industry because it determines whether companies will be able to cover the enormous costs of a chip plant.

A TSMC spokesperson declined to comment directly on Cassidy’s event and referred to remarks from Chief Executive Officer C.C. Wei on a call with investors last week.
“Our first fab entered engineering wafer production in April with 4-nanometer process technology, and the result is highly satisfactory, with a very good yield,” he said at the time. “This is an important operational milestone for TSMC and our customers, demonstrating TSMC’s strong manufacturing capability and execution.”

The latest yield advancement is notable for TSMC because it has historically kept the most advanced and efficient plants in its home island of Taiwan…

Wei conveyed optimism about the US push during the call last week. “We now expect volume production of our first fab to start in the beginning of 2025, and are confident to deliver the same level of manufacturing quality and reliability from our fab in Arizona as from our fabs in Taiwan,” he said.

macdailynews.com

Major Apple supplier TSMC’s American chip production yields surpass Taiwan’s

Major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona…
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Taiwanese expats in Arizona work better than their home base in Taiwan? Regardless, a big win for the United States.
 
osnium said:
Taiwanese expats in Arizona work better than their home base in Taiwan? Regardless, a big win for the United States.
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USA the country?

Maybe as non-participant in economic nationalism , isnt this of very little benefit to the man in the street in the USA
 
Why would this be a surprise? You have thousands of people focused on one single line of tools and limited tool utilization monitoring the hell out of particles, inlined defects and process targeting.

The whole organizations reputation is on the line and more than a year + delay has been trained to focus on these few lots. There is only one outcome after pipe cleaners and checkout lots validating tool target and health, it’s the natural result, duh

How many billions more did this startup cost over a new phase in Tainan, LOL
 
BruceA said:
Why would this be a surprise? You have thousands of people focused on one single line of tools and limited tool utilization monitoring the hell out of particles, inlined defects and process targeting.

The whole organizations reputation is on the line and more than a year + delay has been trained to focus on these few lots. There is only one outcome after pipe cleaners and checkout lots validating tool target and health, it’s the natural result, duh

How many billions more did this startup cost over a new phase in Tainan, LOL
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To turn around the culture conflict is not that easy and not short term (1 year). There must be some evidence, then more promotion. It is really a tough job for executives in tsmc AZ.
 
hskuo said:
To turn around the culture conflict is not that easy and not short term (1 year). There must be some evidence, then more promotion. It is really a tough job for executives in tsmc AZ.
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There is only one culture in Az, the TSMC way or the highway.

Lots of talk from executives about nurturing and developing the soft non Taiwanese but if you look at their intern and new hires it’s clear they are stacking the locals with lots of Asian foreigners.

Talk to the assignees and they are working harder than they did in Taiwan and being pushed harder as well, so I think it’s a divided culture, one for Taiwanese and one for the Americans
 
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