The latest financial commitment, which will add to money given to the world s biggest chipmaker for its first factory, could push taxpayer-funded subsidies for TSMC beyond 1 trillion yen.
The Indian conglomerate aims to manufacture mature nodes of 65 nm (nanometre) before moving to 48 nm and then to 28 nm — which supports applications ranging from graphic processor units (GPU) to consumer electronics and the internet of things — in a few years.
If Tower’s proposal is accepted by the government, it would be the first semiconductor company with real fabrication pedigree to join India’s $10 billion chip manufacturing scheme, and will be a big boost to New Delhi’s chipmaking ambitions.