On Monday, TSMC announced plans to invest $100 billion to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The funds will go toward three additional fabs, two advanced packaging plants, and a major R&D facility. Tom’s Hardware spoke with the company to learn more about its plans. The extra $100 billion investment adds to TSMC’s $65 billion commitment for its Fab 21 site near Phoenix, Arizona. This makes TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, one of the biggest foreign investors in the U.S. to date. Given the titanic proportions of TSMC’s $165 billion total investment, a deeper understanding of where and how the funds are being used across TSMC’s various U.S. initiatives is warranted. Let’s take a look at how this fits in with TSMC’s overall strategy. Although TSMC said it would invest an additional $100 billion in its U.S. operations, the company has not disclosed specific details regarding the timing, locations, or technologies for its expanded U.S. investment. But it appears to have enough space to build new facilities at its Fab 21 site.

Full in-depth : TSMC’s $165 billion US investment plans: three new Fab 21 phases, two new advanced packaging facilities, and an R&D center, all based in Phoenix.