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TSMC’s plans to expand in the US have divided public opinion, but it’s worth noting that the company’s investments in Taiwan are not decreasing. Today we’ll give you an inside look at construction of TSMC’s Advanced Packaging Plant No. 7 in Chiayi, revealed to the public for the first time. It’s expected to become the world’s largest advanced wafer packaging base in the future.

As we approach Chiayi’s High Speed Rail station, we can see huge factories and large-scale machinery towering over sugarcane fields in the distance. This is TSMC’s most advanced packaging plant, No. 7. Chiayi’s sugarcane fields are turning into fields of silicon.

Yang Ssu-min
FTV reporter
TSMC is showing us its Advanced Packaging Plant No. 7 in Chiayi for the first time. We can see that equipment is already being installed in the P1 section.

Workers carefully operate a forklift. The first phase of the plant’s construction began equipment installation last month. The second phase is still under construction. The two plants will have a total cleanroom area of ​​110,000 square meters, which is larger than 16 football fields. In the future, they are estimated to create 2,500 direct high-tech jobs.

Cliff Hou
TSMC Vice President
The AI boom means that global demand for semiconductor chips has increased significantly. Whether it is our advanced wafer manufacturing processes or packaging processes, our production capacity is distributed all over Taiwan and the projects we are building are increasing and accelerating.

Cheng Hsiu-jung
Southern Taiwan Science Park
Southern Taiwan has a very strong semiconductor corridor. Advanced packaging is also extremely important, so we are here today to declare that we value industrial safety here and want to ensure that construction can be completed smoothly.

There are 6,000 to 8,000 people working on site every day, rushing to get everything done, because demand for AI chips is high and production capacity is in short supply. However, last year, at the Chiayi packaging plant site, there were several reports of industrial safety accidents involving contractors. TSMC Chair C. C. Wei ordered a comprehensive strengthening of industrial safety measures.

Cliff Hou
TSMC Vice President
The challenges of new construction sites are greater and more numerous than those of older ones. Over the past six months, we have taken a different approach, with TSMC assuming direct management of the industrial safety committee.

TSMC has implemented six safety hazard training programs, requiring all workers to undergo training before entering the site. These programs utilize high-tech assistance to simulate hoisting and forklift operations, as well as scenarios involving falling objects from suspended loads and safety harness systems. The company is also collaborating with construction companies to establish the "Taiwan Semiconductor Construction Safety Association."

Yang Ssu-min
FTV reporter
The public is optimistic about the Chiayi site and there is room for expansion all the way up to a sixth phase at this plant. It’s expected to become the world’s largest advanced packaging plant. TSMC continues to increase its investments in domestic production capacity, using concrete actions to show its determination to keep its roots in Taiwan.

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