# TSMC opens its first Japanese fab in Kumamoto, backed by up to ¥476B in subsidies

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Date: 24 Feb 2024
About: [TSMC](https://technooptimist.io/companies/tsmc.md) · [JASM Kumamoto fabs](https://technooptimist.io/computing/jasm-kumamoto.md)
Original source: https://technode.com/2024/02/27/tsmc-opens-first-majority-stake-plant-in-japan/

JASM held the opening ceremony for its first Kumamoto plant, built since April 2022 with a Japanese government subsidy of ¥476B (about $3.16B). It is planned for about 55,000 300 mm wafers a month at 28, 16 and 12 nm.

## Key facts

- Sony, Denso and Toyota are minority investors.
- Second plant planned for 7/6 nm, production by end-2027 (later changed).

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