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Josephine Lien and Jesse Shen, TSMC to Start Equipment Move-In at Nanjing Plant in September. DigiTimes, May 31, 2017. http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20170527pd201.html
(TSMC's "new 12-inch plant in Nanjing, China will be ready for equipment move-in in September 2017, according to the Taiwan-based foundry. TSMC's Nanjing plant will directly enter 16nm FinFET chip production with volume production slated for the fourth quarter of 2018, said the foundry. TSMC's Nanjing plant consists of two wafer fabs")
* Currently TSMC has a 8-inch plant at Shanghai, which deployed 0.3 micron (300nm) in 2004 and 0.18 micron (180nm) in 2010 -- and since (as a result of restriction Taiwan imposed on TSMC).
(b) chronology of the TSMC Nanjing plant.
(i) Alan Patterson, TSMC Aims to Build Its First 12-inch Fab in China. EETimes, Dec 7, 2015
("The company said in a press release")
* TSMC would spend $3bn on construction and equipment.
(ii) Having sought and obtained approval from Taiwan, TSMC released a
Press release: TSMC and Nanjing Sign 12-inch Fab Investment Agreement. TSMC, Mar 28, 2017.
(c) Presently Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) operates both 8- and 12-inch fabs, 28nm being its most advanced.