TSMC Opens Semiconductor Base in Tsukuba

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has constructed a state-of-the-art semiconductor technology development facility in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

Photo Insert: The TSMC Japan 3DIC R&D Center is housed within the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, a research and development organization overseen by the Economy, Trade, and Industry Ministry.

The Japanese government granted a 19-billion-yen subsidy to entice the world's largest contract semiconductor maker, which will utilize the center to investigate manufacturing technologies, or post-processing, which influences semiconductor performance.

The new center will research material science methods for silicon stacking and sophisticated packaging.

The TSMC Japan 3DIC R&D Center is housed within the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, a research and development organization overseen by the Economy, Trade, and Industry Ministry.

The Japanese government is collaborating with TSMC to improve its production and development technology, which lags behind those of foreign firms. It would also contribute up to 476 billion yen to Sony Group Corp. and other companies for the construction of an advanced semiconductor factory in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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