TSMC to build chip plant in Japan's Kumamoto Pref.

TSMC to build chip plant in Japan's Kumamoto Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 20, 2021, shows a site in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Kikuyo, southwestern Japan, where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will build a $7 billion plant to help meet the global shortage of semiconductors. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2022 with production targeted to begin by the end of 2024.

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