US becomes battleground for top three foundries; Samsung Electronics to build factory in Texas - South Korean report

Three major foundries (contract manufacturers of semiconductors), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC), Samsung Electronics, and Intel Co., Ltd., appear to be accelerating the construction of factories in the United States.
TSMC has received $6.6 billion in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce and has submitted plans to build a third fab in Arizona.
The company will manufacture semiconductors over 2 nanometers (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter). Intel will also build a foundry fab in Arizona.
5 billion yen). In addition to Arizona, they plan to set up production bases in New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon. Samsung Electronics will build a semiconductor factory in Texas. 9 trillion from the U.S. government.
The company plans to invest about $40 billion by 2030, receiving subsidies worth 1 trillion won (about 1 trillion yen). It will start construction of a factory in Texas in 2022.
The first fab will produce 4- and 2-nanometer chips, while the second fab will produce cutting-edge chips from 2027. A research and development (R&D) facility is also due to open in 2027.
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