TSMC Global R&D Center Launched

The TSMC Global R&D Center was inaugurated today, and Morris Chang, the founder of the TSMC event for the first time after retirement, was invited. During his speech, he expressed special gratitude to the R&D personnel of TSMC for their efforts, making TSMC’s technology leading and even becoming a global battleground.

It is learned from the official press release of TSMC that the R&D center will become the new home of TSMC R&D institutions, including researchers who develop TSMC 2 nm and above cutting-edge technology, as well as scientists and scholars who carry out Exploratory research in new materials, transistor structures and other fields. As R&D personnel have relocated to the workplace of the new building, the company will be fully prepared for over 7000 employees by September 2023.
TSMC’s R&D center covers a total area of 300000 square meters and has approximately 42 standard football fields. It is designed as a green building with vegetation walls, rainwater collection pools, windows that maximize the use of natural light, and rooftop solar panels that can generate 287 kilowatts of electricity under peak conditions, demonstrating TSMC’s commitment to sustainable development.
TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin stated at the launch ceremony that entering the R&D center now will actively develop technologies that lead the world semiconductor industry, exploring technologies up to 2 nanometers or even 1.4 nanometers. He stated that the R&D center began planning more than 5 years ago, with many clever ideas in design and construction, including ultra-high roofs and plastic workspace.
Liu Deyin emphasized that the most important aspect of the R&D center is not the magnificent buildings, but the R&D tradition of TSMC. He stated that the R&D team developed 90nm technology when they entered the Wafer 12 factory in 2003, and then entered the R&D center to develop 2nm technology 20 years later, which is 1/45 of 90nm, meaning they need to stay in the R&D center for at least 20 years.
Liu Deyin said that the R&D personnel in the R&D center will give answers to the size of semiconductor components in 20 years’ time, what materials to use, how to integrate light and electrogenic acid, and how to share quantum digital operations, and find out the mass production methods.