Construction begins on TSMC’s new eco-friendly foundry

Taiwanese chip maker TSMC has recently started up on its newest project, a green one that too, with the construction of its third 300mm wafer plant. Now we aren’t talking about those oily potato chips and wafers, we’re going on about those green chips you usually find in gadgets. Located in Taichung’s Central Taiwan Science Park, the new Fab 15 plant will have a capacity of over 100,000 wafers per month. Besides wafers, the plant will also generate jobs, with 8,000 new skilled jobs to crop up once construction is complete and the doors are flung open. TSMC has promised to clean up its act with this new foundry, reducing energy usage and greenhouse gas emission. The company has poured out as much as $10 billion on this one.

Using 40nm and 28nm production facilities, semiconductors will be given a cutting edge a modern feel too. So, we’re in for Taiwanese green chips made in a truly green environment.
[engadget]