According to people familiar with the matter, TSMC's one-nanometer wafer process plan below two nanometers will be located in the Taoyuan Longtan Park under the Hsinchu Science Park.
According to Taiwan's Zhongshi News Network, scientific and technological sources revealed that TSMC's next advanced process base has been determined to be located at the Taoyuan Longtan Base. Since TSMC already has two advanced packaging and testing plants in Longtan, coupled with the geographical and talent support of Hsinchu Science Park, "this is the best location", which also means that the Taiwan Science and Technology Commission will launch the third phase of Longtan Park next year. Newspaper editor to expand northern semiconductor settlements.
According to the report, as early as 2019, TSMC reported that it had evaluated the establishment of a wafer manufacturing plant in a new site in the Longtan Park, but it was temporarily put on hold for unknown reasons, and then advanced processes below two nanometers returned to Zhongke to set up a factory. and other industry rumors.
The Longtan Park Base under Zhuke currently employs about 7,000 people and has an overall annual turnover of over 50 billion yuan (S$2.19 billion). Industries such as TSMC, Hejing Technology, and the American Apple Taiwan branch have entered. In March this year, the new factory of Super High-tech Materials Company just broke ground, making the entire technology industry settlement complete. Recently, the demand for land in the park has increased greatly due to the return of Taiwanese businessmen to Taiwan. If TSMC wants to return to the Taoyuan Longtan Park, it must start the third-phase development plan of the Longtan Park.
In this regard, Wang Yongzhuang, director of the Bamboo Branch Administration, said that it is inconvenient to disclose the layout of individual manufacturers before the announcement of the manufacturers, but in the case of Longtan Park alone, the land for the first phase of the special business area is almost full, and the second phase is mainly planned as a park. , Greenland open space, if a new factory wants to enter or set up a factory in the future, it is indeed necessary to carry out the third-phase base evaluation and planning work.
Regarding whether TSMC wants to enter Longtan with advanced process fabs of less than two nanometers in the future, whether the water and electricity needs are met, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said that it is inconvenient to comment on a single company, but if manufacturers have investment needs such as setting up factories, they will contact the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Check your water and electricity needs.
In response to five years from now, when the development of the third-phase base in Longtan Park is completed and more new manufacturers enter the station, whether hydropower is still safe, officials emphasized that the mechanism of the Hsinchu Sea Freshwater Plant will be fully established by then, and Taoyuan will no longer use water in the south. "In addition, the three new gas-fired units of the Dataan Power Plant have come online, and there should be no problems with water supply and power supply by then.
