The Dutch company ASML decided to invest more in Taiwan, planning to build a new factory in Linkou Gongyi Industrial Park, New Taipei City, to expand production capacity. The new factory is expected to start construction in July next year, which will be ASML’s largest investment in Taiwan. Shen Rongjin, vice president of the Executive Yuan, said today that ASML also plans to bring the European supply chain to Taiwan.
Shen Rongjin attended the Taiwan-Japan Science and Technology Dialogue’s Semiconductor Key Technology Layout and Talent Cultivation Forum today. He said that ASML’s executive vice president and chief operating officer Schneider came to Taiwan to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen to thank the government for supporting ASML’s layout in Asia. Shen Rongjin revealed that ASML also plans to bring the European supply chain to Taiwan.
Shen Rongjin said that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry chain has spent 50 years of uninterrupted solid foundation. Through a complete supply chain layout, joint research and development by industry, academia and research, and sufficient professional talent training, it is possible to create the world’s most resilient and economical supply chain production model.
The output value of Taiwan Semiconductor in 2021 will be NT$4.1 trillion, creating employment opportunities for 300,000 people. It ranks first in the world in wafer foundry and packaging and testing, and ranks second in the world in IC design, making a considerable contribution to Taiwan’s economy.
Japanese manufacturers have been operating materials for a long time. Shen Rongjin said that the Ministry of Economic Affairs has made long-term efforts to promote Japanese companies to expand investment in Taiwan. In addition, the Japanese government invested in resource subsidies, and TSMC set up a research and development center in Tsukuba and a factory in Kumamoto. The semiconductor supply chains of Taiwan and Japan form a closer complementary relationship, and symbiosis and co-prosperity.
Shen Rongjin said that the government has exhausted everything to solve the problems of water, electricity, land and talent training needed for semiconductor development. He took land as an example. One generation of semiconductor manufacturing process requires 8 factories. At present, TSMC’s 2nm 4 factories will be expanded in the second phase of Zhuke Baoshan, and the rest will be arranged in Zhongke. At this stage, they are all being implemented according to plan. .
(Responsible editor-in-chief: Zhuang Yuyu)
