For TSMC, its Japanese project is a significant milestone in its expansion beyond China after WaferTech in the early 2000s ...

TSMC’s facility in Nanjing. Credit: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. JASM (TSMC’s Japanese subsidiary) President Yuichi Horita recently announced that TSMC’s first plant in Kumamoto, Japan ...

Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – March 28, 2016 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that the Company and the municipal government of Nanjing, China have signed an investment agreement. This ...

Construction of a German plant will begin in the fourth quarter, with production targeted for 2027. Meanwhile, TSMC’s Nanjing plant in China will continue expanding its 28nm capacity.

TL;DR: TSMC's first Japanese wafer fab in Kumamoto will begin mass production by late 2024, supplying Sony and Denso with 22nm, 28nm, 12nm, and 16nm chips. A second factory will start by 2027 ...