Both Trump and Biden expected to attend TSMC's Arizona fab grand opening ceremony — Fab 21 opens in December

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TSMC is gearing up to hold an opening ceremony for its Fab 21 in Arizona sometime in December 2024, reports DigiTimes. The ceremony will mark a major milestone in the company's international expansion and the result of the CHIPS and Science Act implemented by the outgoing Biden administration. It is expected to attract high-ranking attendees and highlight its business and geopolitical significance.

This opening ceremony is rumored to be held on December 6, following the recent U.S. election, positioning it as a business and political landmark for U.S.-Taiwan relations and semiconductor strategy. The event will include President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, and TSMC founder Morris Chang. When the fab shell was completed in 2022, the ceremony was also attended by TSMC CEO C.C. Wei and leaders from Apple, AMD, and Nvidia, so it is reasonable to expect some of TSMC's biggest customers to participate in the upcoming event.

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Anton Shilov
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Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.

  • Well, there go the valley freeways for a day. Last time a president/vice was in town things were tied in knots for most of the day/evening.
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