TSMC announced that the relevant transactions are mainly plant construction, access to the right to use 50 years.
TSMC recently said that the Nanjing plant is expected to begin shipping in May 2018, which will be earlier than the planned production schedule for the second half of 2018.
TSMC recently pointed out that the 7-nanometer process has been produced at the wafer factory 12, the next 15-wafer 15 plant and the 6th plant will also produce 7-nanometer.
5-nanometer process development in line with progress, TSMC said wafer 18 plant will be ground-breaking next year, there will be 3 plants producing 5 nanometers, is expected in the first half of 2019 risk trial production.
As for the 3-nanometer process, TSMC pointed out that in September the relevant plan has been announced and the new 3-nanometer plant will be located in South Branch with an investment amount of over 200 billion U.S. dollars.