Tim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the U.S. at Arizona factory

LTC Eugene Chu
..."The factories in Arizona will be partially subsidized by the U.S. government. Earlier this year, Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, which includes billions of dollars in incentives for companies that build chip manufacturing capabilities on U.S. soil.

TSMC said on Tuesday that it would spend $40 billion on the two Arizona plants. The first plant in Phoenix is expected to produce chips by 2024. The second plant will open in 2026, according to the Biden administration.

The TSMC plants will produce 600,000 wafers per year when fully operational, which is enough to meet U.S. annual demand, according to the National Economic Council.

The U.S. plants will be a small fraction of TSMC's total capacity, which produced 12 million wafers in 2020.

AMD CEO Lisa Su said in remarks on Tuesday that AMD plans to be a significant user of the TSMC Arizona fabs.

American chip company Intel has also said it wants to compete for Apple's business and is building chip factories in Arizona and Ohio, which are expected to be partially subsidized by the CHIPS act.

Last year, Intel said it would act as a foundry for other companies, although its manufacturing abilities currently lag behind TSMC's. That makes Intel less attractive for the fastest chips."

I hope that works for all parties concerned!

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