[Note to thread. Pete Gerassi claims Intel has 200,000 wafers per week capacity]
TSMC expects to have world's largest wafer capacity in 2 yrs
TAIPEI, Jul 11, 2002 (AFX-Asia via COMTEX) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd expects to have the world's largest wafer capacity in the next one to two years, TSMC North America president Edward Ross said in a Commercial Times report.
In 2001, TSMC claimed a 5.2 pct share of the world's semiconductor capacity, compared with the 6.1 pct posted by Hynix Semiconductor and 5.1 pct of Intel Corp, he said.
Ross said TSMC is expected to raise its total monthly capacity to 381,000 8-inch-equivalent wafers at the end of the year from 332,000 at the end of March.
In response to customer demand, TSMC is also set to accelerate its capacity expansion for 12-inch-wafer production, he said.
While Fab 12 is set to expand its capacity to 13,000 12-inch wafers from 4,000, TSMC's second 12-inch-wafer fab at the Tainan Science-based Industrial Park is scheduled to start installing equipment in the second half of the year, he added. |
