{"id":878,"date":"2022-12-07T01:46:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/tim-cook-and-president-biden-came-to-arizona-to-announce-plans-for-american-made-chips\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T01:46:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:46:31","slug":"tim-cook-and-president-biden-came-to-arizona-to-announce-plans-for-american-made-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/tim-cook-and-president-biden-came-to-arizona-to-announce-plans-for-american-made-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Cook and President Biden came to Arizona to announce plans for American-made chips"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Apple plans to start using processors made in America following the opening of an advanced new chip factory in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For the plant\u2019s customers, which also includes AMD and NVIDIA, the new facility means a more secure supply of chips and quicker production timelines. The chip fabricator, TSMC, also said today that it would start construction on a second factory in Phoenix next year, increasing the site\u2019s annual output.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThese chips will power iPhones and MacBooks, as Tim Cook can attest,\u201d President Joe Biden said at an event outside the Arizona factory on Tuesday. \u201cApple had to buy all the advanced chips from overseas. Now we\u2019re going to do more of their supply chain here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Biden and Apple CEO Tim Cook were on hand in north Phoenix for TSMC\u2019s \u201ctool-in\u201d ceremony, marking the arrival of production equipment to the first facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA masterstroke and a game changing development for the industry\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The factory is a large, modern building surrounded by newly paved roads and cacti that survived the desert bulldozing. In its first public event, TSMC welcomed customers, employees, local leaders, and journalists to see its new factory, or at least the outside of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TSMC is a dedicated foundry, meaning it builds the chips designed by other companies. Apple, AMD and NVIDIA are among its largest customers, and even Intel relies on TSMC to make the most advanced processors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The first Phoenix fab will make 4nm processors (improved from the originally disclosed 5nm), with production slated to begin in 2024. The second fab will come online in 2026 and produce 3nm chips, which are the smallest and most complex processors in production today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All told, TSMC said it will invest $40 billion in its Arizona capacity, which is among the largest foreign direct investments ever made in US manufacturing. The two fabs will produce more than 600,000 wafers annually by 2026, which White House officials said will be enough to meet the entire US demand for advanced chips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Top leadership from Apple, AMD, and NVIDIA confirmed on Tuesday that they would be among the first customers to buy chips from the new Arizona fabs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cTSMC has become a global platform on which the world\u2019s tech industry is built,\u201d NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said. \u201cBringing TSMC investment to the United States is a masterstroke and a game changing development for the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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