JASM capacity at Kikuyo, Kumamoto
TSMC on the Kumamoto site as a whole, both fabs together, stated 2024-02-06. One statement, with the wording it was made in. Nothing here is computed and nothing is added to anything else.
What was stated
Issued 2024-02-06 by TSMC · JASM Set to Expand in Kumamoto Japan, 6 February 2024
A planned figure: capacity the publisher said the site is expected to reach. A promise and a measurement are different facts and this record never puts them in one column.
lower bound The publisher stated a floor, not a figure.
Wafer basis: 300mm actual. Two figures on different bases are 2.25 times apart before anything real has changed, which is why no figure here is shown without one.
One sentence with three separate reasons it cannot be recorded as a simple number, which is why it is the first entry here. It is a SITE figure covering two fabs, so it attaches to both ids and to neither alone. It is EXPECTED capacity, so it is planned rather than installed — fab 2 was still under construction. And it is 'more than 100,000', a lower bound, so the value is that bound and the publisher's wording is kept beside it. The release also names the joint venture as TSMC 86.5%, Sony Semiconductor Solutions 6.0%, DENSO 5.5% and Toyota 2.0%; ownership is not capacity and no share of the figure is attributed to any partner.
What this figure covers
Publishers state capacity at whatever level suits them: a phase, a site, a joint venture, a company. This one covers the sites below and no others.
The Kumamoto site as a whole, both fabs together
| Fab | Site | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumamoto Fab 1 | Kikuyo, Kumamoto | JP | operating |
| Kumamoto Fab 2 | Kikuyo, Kumamoto | JP | construction |
This figure is never added to another. This record holds a capacity statement for 2 of the 2 JASM (TSMC / Sony / Denso / Toyota) sites it lists, so a sum of what is here would be a company total built from an incomplete set and published by nobody.
Everything stated about this site
One statement. Nobody has restated it, which is a fact about the publisher rather than a gap in this record.
Cite this
The figure in the publisher's own words, what it covers, the basis it is counted on, and the source. A capacity figure quoted without its basis or its coverage is the failure this block exists to prevent.
For a memo
TSMC, planned capacity, the Kumamoto site as a whole, both fabs together: the Kumamoto site is expected to offer a total production capacity of more than 100,000 12-inch wafers per month, issued 2024-02-06 (stated as a lower bound), on a 300mm actual wafer basis. Source: JASM Set to Expand in Kumamoto Japan, 6 February 2024, https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3105. Recorded by Silicon Almanac, which keeps every statement made about this site: https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/fab-capacity/jasm-kumamoto-site-2024-02/
Everything in one paragraph. There is no earlier statement about this site to carry.
For the bottom of a slide
Source: TSMC (2024-02-06), JASM Set to Expand in Kumamoto Japan, 6 February 2024. Figure as published is stated as a lower bound. Wafer basis: 300mm actual. Statement history: https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/fab-capacity/jasm-kumamoto-site-2024-02/
One line. The value is deliberately not repeated here: on a slide the number is on the slide, and a footnote that restates it is one edit away from disagreeing with it.
For a spreadsheet
publisher covers kind value_as_published wafer_basis issued qualifiers source_title source_url previous_value previous_issued figure_page retrieved TSMC The Kumamoto site as a whole, both fabs together planned the Kumamoto site is expected to offer a total production capacity of more than 100,000 12-inch wafers per month 300mm actual 2024-02-06 stated as a lower bound JASM Set to Expand in Kumamoto Japan, 6 February 2024 https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3105 https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/fab-capacity/jasm-kumamoto-site-2024-02/
Two lines, tab separated: the headings and one row. The wafer basis and the qualifiers are columns rather than notes, so a row pasted into a model carries them where the model can see them.
Elsewhere in this record
No values here, only where to find them. Two capacity figures side by side is a comparison, and these are not comparable unless they share a wafer basis.
Other sites with a stated capacity: The planned Dresden fab, as described when the joint venture was established · The Dresden fab, restated at groundbreaking · The Agrate Brianza 300mm fab · The Agrate Brianza 300mm fab, beyond the 2027 target · The Crolles 300mm fab · The Crolles 300mm fab, beyond the 2027 target · The Sherman, Texas site as the award describes it, across the fabs it funds · The Bloomington, Minnesota fab · The Bloomington, Minnesota fab