Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) plans to invest about US$100 billion to expand capacity and fund research and development (R&D) of advanced technologies in the next three years to keep up with rising demand, it said yesterday.
TSMC unveiled the rare multiyear investment plan to appease customer panic over a global chip shortage.
“We are entering a period of higher growth as the multiyear megatrends of 5G and HPC [high-performance-computing] are expected to fuel strong demand for our semiconductor technologies in the next several years,” TSMC said in a statement.
In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalization, which also drives semiconductor
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