TSMC denies there will be no plans to build a 12 inch wafer factory in the mainland

Is the world's largest chip foundry TSMC may set up a new factory in Chinese, reported that the company in an email statement denied.

The company denied a report published Tuesday in a Taiwan newspaper. The newspaper reported on Tuesday that TSMC could set up a factory in the mainland to produce 12 inch silicon wafers. The electronic statement said TSMC had already had two plants in Taiwan, and there were no plans to build another 12 inch plant in the mainland by the end of the year in the. 12 inch silicon wafers can help reduce the cost of about 30%, because the size of the chip can cut the number of chips is 8 inches of two times. Earlier this month, the Taiwan authorities said that as a component of the investment budget of $7 billion 500 million, TSMC will set up in the central city of Taiwan, Taichung City Industrial Park near the third inch wafer factory 12. J.H., a spokesman for TSMC, said the company intends to expand its production in Hsinchu and Tainan locations near its headquarters before investing in taichung.

TSMC last year became the first company in Taiwan and until now also began production in the mainland only chip manufacturer, TSMC is currently in production, from old production equipment around the Taiwan. The authorities in Taiwan have set a series of restrictions on the investment of Taiwan chip makers in mainland China, and have banned the establishment of a 12 inch wafer factory in mainland china. TSMC said in an e-mail statement, TSMC investment and technology transfer to the mainland, fully comply with the relevant provisions.