# TSMC breaks ground on Fab 18 in Taiwan for 5nm process

TSMC held a groundbreaking ceremony for Fab 18, Phase 1 at the Southern Taiwan Science Park. The facility will produce advanced 5 nanometer process chips, with volume production in early 2020. Total annual capacity will exceed one million 12-inch wafers and create 4,000 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-26
- Where: Southern Taiwan Science Park, Tainan, Taiwan, TWN
- Value: $17.2B (500.0B TWD)
- Jobs: 4,000
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 1 million 12-inch wafers per year
- Products: 5 nanometer process chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company](https://endata.com/companies/27337.md)

## Sources

- [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046179/000119312518020450/d493577d6k.htm), 2018-01-26: "TSMC today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Fab 18, Phase 1 facility at the Southern Taiwan Science Park."
- [taipeitimes.com](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/01/27/2003686498), 2018-01-26: "This facility, called Fab 18, is to start volume production of 5-nanometer [chips] in two years."
- [cleanroomtechnology.com](https://cleanroomtechnology.com/tsmc-starts-construction-of-fab-18-in-taiwan-139101), 2018-02-01: "TSMC has started construction work on Fab 18, its fourth 12-inch GigaFab."

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