TSMC pushes next-gen chip expansion while Samsung grapples with union

May 7, 2026 -

TSMC, the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, has begun once again moving on a 600 billion Taiwan dollar ($18.9 billion) site-development project for next-generation chip production in northern Taiwan, in what would mark a return to the Longtan expansion plan it dropped in 2023, Taiwanese media reported Monday. 
 
TSMC had originally planned to build a fab for next-generation nanometer-process chips there and begin mass production in 2027, but formally withdrew the plan in 2023 after local opposition.

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