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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (2928)	9/5/2002 9:23:23 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

TSMC reserves land to build four fabs in China, says report Semiconductor Business News (09/05/02 08:34 p.m. EST) HSINCHU, Taiwan -- More details are surfacing about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.'s bold fab plans in China. The silicon foundry giant has reportedly obtained enough land in China to build two 8-inch fabs and two other 300-mm plants over the next 10 years, according to the China Economic News Service (CENS) of Taiwan. Last week, TSMC said it signed a letter of intent to build at least one wafer fab in the Songjiang district of Shanghai. The Hsinchu-based company has given few--if any--details about its fab plans (see Aug. 29 story ). But according to CENS, TSMC in June inked a letter of intent with the government of the Songjiang district in Shanghai to finalize the fab project. The Songjiang government has reserved a 2,000-hectare site for TSMC's investment plan, which could support two 8-inch fabs and two 300-mm fabs, the report said. The report added that TSMC cannot move ahead with the plan “until Taiwanese authorities approve the investment project.”