Apple manufacturing partner TSMC has continued its Arizona investment with Apple’s manufacturing partner breaking ground on a third chip fabrication facility.
“We are at TSMC Arizona to celebrate the return of American manufacturing,” said Lutnick in a statement. “President Trump’s bold leadership and clear direction are driving companies and jobs back to this country at a record pace.”
The company benefits from funding it got form the CHIPS Act signed in 2022 (which, ironically, President Trump now opposes). The legislation provides $10 billion to invest in regional technology hubs across the country and a 25% investment tax credit for expenses for manufacturing of semiconductors and related equipment. It also authorizes roughly $100 billion in spending over five years on scientific research, including more than $80 billion for the National Science Foundation.
On April 24, TSMC announced its next logic process technology, A14, at the Company’s North America Technology Symposium. Representing a significant advancement from TSMC’s industry-leading N2 process, A14 is designed to drive AI transformation forward by delivering faster computing and greater power efficiency, according to TSMC Chairman and CEO Dr. C.C. Wei. It’s also expected to enhance smartphones by improving their on-board AI capabilities, making them even smarter, he adds.
Wei says that compared with the N2 process, which is about to enter volume production later this year, A14 will offer up to 15% speed improvement at the same power, or up to 30% power reduction at the same speed, along with more than 20% increase in logic density. Production is planned to start in 2028.
