Taiwan Semi Chairman gives updates on ARM investment, Arizona, German plants
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Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM) Chairman Mark Liu gave several updates on some of the company's major initiatives on Wednesday, including when the global foundry would decide if it would invest in the initial public offering of British chip design unit, Arm Holdings (ARM).
"Arm is an important element of our ecosystem, our technology and our customers' ecosystem," Liu said at the SEMICON Taiwan summit, according to Reuters. "We want it to be successful, we want it to be healthy. That's the bottom line." 
Liu added that a final decision on the matter could come "this week." 
A group of influential tech companies have indicated an interest in "purchasing up to an aggregate of $735 million of the ADSs offered" in ARM's offering, including Taiwan Semiconductor, Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) (GOOGL), AMD (AMD) and Nvidia (NVDA).
The group also includes Intel (INTC), MediaTek, Samsung (OTCPK:SSNLF) and Synopsys (SNPS).
In addition to an update on the ARM offering, Liu said the company's upcoming Arizona plant has seen "tremendous" improvement and he expects it to be a success.
The global foundry has been sending workers from Taiwan to Arizona to ramp up the factory. In total, Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) is investing $40B into two wafer fabs in Phoenix as part of its global expansion and diversification.
The first Arizona plant is building 5 nanometer chips and a second facility is expected to produce 3 nanometer chips. The 3 nm chip facility is slated to be ready for production by 2026.
In December 2022, Liu said more than 600,000 wafers would be manufactured per year at the plant, accounting for $10B in annual revenue. Taiwan Semiconductor's (TSM) push into Arizona is partly the result of the U.S. CHIPs Act, which was signed into law in August 2022.
Last month, it was reported that Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) had installed the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine at its Arizona manufacturing fab. The company recently pushed back the start of production from its new Arizona plant to 2025 from 2024.
Additionally on Wednesday, Taiwan Semiconductor's (TSM) Liu said the global foundry was still applying for subsidies from the German government on its upcoming plant in the country.

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