TSMC: Why did you choose Kumamoto as your destination?
-“Water” “Corporate agglomeration” “Car”-
Taiwan TSMC
TSMC from Taiwan has decided to expand into Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Why did you choose Kumamoto as your destination?
The keywords are “water,” “corporate agglomeration,” and “car.”
Industrial Times
Chairman Wataru Izumiya
We asked Chairman Izumitani, who has been covering semiconductors for 40 years.
Three reasons that Chairman Izumitani gives. It was
The first one
“Abundant water”.
It’s underground water in Aso. Tens of thousands of tons.
There is rarely a place where the water is clean and can be obtained in large quantities.
Manufacturing semiconductors requires a large amount of water to clean the material base and factories.
The second
It is “Kyushu Silicon Island”.
Many semiconductor-related industries, including equipment and materials, are concentrated in Kumamoto.
Easy to arrange equipment,
Easy to get materials,
That is the second reason.
One-third of the semiconductors manufactured in Japan are made in Kyushu.
Furthermore, one-third of them are made in Kumamoto.
There are 200 semiconductor-related companies in Kumamoto.
And the third
“Agglomeration of the automobile industry” is also an important factor.
20 nanometer semiconductors are made at the Kumamoto factory. It was
The most used semiconductors are cars.
Car factories are also concentrated in northern Kyushu.
Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Daihatsu,
Japanese automobile industry is concentrated in the northern Kyushu area.
3000 companies’ technologies
To make one semiconductor, 3000 companies are needed.
The technologies of 3000 companies are gathered together to make one semiconductor.
There are 700 processes in semiconductor manufacturing, such as circuit design, impurity injection, and wafer cutting.
There are 3000 companies involved.
(KAB Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting) –Yahoo! News
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