Zhang Zhongmou, the opening of TSMC: will bring revival to the Japanese semiconductor

Taiwan's accumulated circuit manufacturing company (TSMC) Kumamoto, JapanThe factory (JASM) opened on Saturday (February 24). The founder Zhang Zhongmou said at the opening ceremony that I believe that Jasm can further enhance the toughness of the wafer supply chain and bring a new wave of revival to the Japanese semiconductor industry.

Comprehensive reports of Taiwan Central News Agency and ETTODAY News reported that Taiwan Semiconductor Giant TSMC held the opening ceremony of the Kumamoto Factory on Saturday.Essence

Zhang Zhongmou recalled at the ceremony that he visited Japan for the first time in 1968. At that time, he served as vice president of Texas Instrument and was responsible for the IC (integrated circuit) industry to promote the joint venture between Deyi and Sony.Deyi took a big step in 1980 and opened a wafer plant at Narita Airport, but after he left Deyi, the wafer fab was sold.

He continued that in 1985, he noticed that Taiwan and the Japanese have many similarities, so TSMC was established in 1987.Although there will be more challenges in the future, it is still full of expectations, hoping that JASM can bloom and bear fruit.

Zhang Zhongmou said that TSMC was invited to open a wafer plant in Japan in 2019. It is very happy that in the past five years, he can turn ideas into specific actions.Toughness brings a new wave of revival to the Japanese semiconductor industry.

He said that there will be more demands in the semiconductor industry in the future. At present, thousands of wafers have been in place.In the next few years, through the assistance of artificial intelligence, we will definitely see the production capacity of millions of wafers.

Zhang Zhongmou also revealed that artificial intelligence -related persons discuss the capacity he needed with him.They do not need tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of production capacity, but they need more wafer factories, "three, five or even ten."Although it cannot be fully believed, the demand should be in the middle.

The TSMC is expected to be tried in April for production and mass production at the end of the year.The factory started in April 2022 and completed after eight months.Semiconductor supply chains said that Kumamoto Plant is of great significance to Taiwan and Japan.