Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC,
"We are scouting for a possible site for a new plant overseas, or in the nation," said Tzeng Jinnhaw (
"The capacity expansion aims to meet future demand," Tseng said.
The chip industry started to recover from a three-year slump in the spring of last year, and in the past quarter TSMC plants were running at full capacity.
Tseng said the company had not worked out how much it would spend on the plant, denying a local Chinese-language newspaper saying that TSMC could spend NT$300 billion on its third 12-inch wafer fab and a research center in the Central Taiwan Science Park (
Jones Wang (
It will be easier and cheaper for TSMC to raise capital as investors are more willing to buy tech shares when the industry is on the mend, Wang said.
TSMC said in January that it was planning to raise capital expenditure to US$2 billion this year, up from US$1.25 billion last year. Rival United Microelectronics Corp (
TSMC owns two 12-inch wafer factories in Hsinchu and Tainan. The two advanced fabs now can produce about 10,000 chips each per month, according to Tseng.
TSMC shares were unchanged yesterday at NT$67 on the TAIEX.
An official from the Central Taiwan Science Park told the Taipei Times that TSMC had approached the park about possible investment but that no plan had been submitted.
"We hope TSMC will choose Taichung for its new plant as we can provide sufficient water and electricity," said Yang Wen-ke (
Yang said the park's public facilities, easy access to land and proximity to the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park had attracted many high-tech companies.
Winbond Electronics Corp (
Smaller rival ProMOS Technologies Inc (
Yang said the park's 332 hectares had already been rented out and that TSMC would be allocated land in a 85-hectare plot being prepared.
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