JASM, TSMC's Japan subsidiary, plans to build a second wafer fab in Kumamoto. The firm states that construction will begin in 2025, possibly later than the initially stated first quarter.

As TSMC's capacities are fully booked through late 2027, its customers asked for more capacity in the U.S., says C.C. Wei.

TSMC is said to have proposed a joint venture with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom to Intel. Intel's share price promptly shot up.

Under the proposed JV, TSMC would take a more than 50% stake in Intel’s semiconductor fabs with the chipmakers in the collaboration also having a stake.

In response to questions from reporters, TSMC said that JASM's plans for the second wafer production facility in Japan is still happening, but had no further information to share at the time.

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TSMC is set to build a major semiconductor production hub in the U.S. for $165 billion, but the plans still need to be set.