# TSMC JASM fab in Kumamoto to start production in December 2024

TSMC's joint venture Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM) is building a $8.6 billion semiconductor fab in Kikuyo, Kumamoto, Japan. The plant will produce 55,000 12-inch wafers per month using 12/16nm and 22/28nm processes, and is expected to start production in December 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-01-16
- Where: Kikuyo, Kumamoto, Japan
- Value: $8.60B
- Jobs: 1,700
- Starts operating: Dec 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 55,000 12-inch wafers per month
- Products: 12-inch wafers, 12nm/16nm chips, 22nm/28nm chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company](https://endata.com/companies/27337.md)
- [Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/58888.md)
- [DENSO](https://endata.com/companies/2901.md) (partner)
- [Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/23480.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ejinsight.com](https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/3351364/20230116-New-TSMC-plant-key-to-Japan%E2%80%99s-plan-to-rebuild-chip-industry), 2023-01-16: "Workers and building machines are labouring 24 hours a day to complete the first factory in Japan of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), so that it can start production in December 2024."

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