TSMC said Zhang Zhongmou can not go to the mainland layout affect competitiveness

Taiwan integrated circuit company (referred to as TSMC chairman Zhang Zhongmou said recently that the mainland semiconductor market to 0.18 micron demand has begun, TSMC is still unable to visit the mainland related layout, competitiveness has affected.

Zhang Zhongmou said that at present there are many of its customers and potential customers reflect, TSMC can not be produced in the mainland. According to the "Taiwan government" specification, the semiconductor wafer fabs in domestic investment, open only has 12 inch wafer plant industry, and the 12 inch wafer plant must achieve economies of scale, open specifications to 8 inch fab, up to 0.25 micron process, TSMC is the first company in Taiwan was permitted to land investment semiconductor manufacturers.

TSMC has repeatedly urged the government to open a higher order process in mainland China production, spokesman He Limei pointed out that TSMC is allowed to invest in mainland China has been three years, according to Moore's law for two years in a semiconductor process evolution, 0.25 micron process can not meet the actual demand, and the local semiconductor manufacturing technology progress soon, the government should consider various.

Zhang Zhongmou said last week at the shareholders' meeting, the mainland is the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry in the market, to get the greatest opportunity in such a trend, only a local factory.

Zhang Zhongmou also pointed out that, at this stage, the size of the semiconductor market is still large, and in the domestic manufacturing cost is still higher than the Taiwan wafer; he predicted that five years later, the size of the mainland market is still less than Europe and the United States and Taiwan, and the cost benefit also can not catch up with Taiwan, but considering the future ahead of the layout, TSMC will not stop investment in mainland China but the camp, still be in Taiwan.