**: Refer to the news network.
According to Taiwan's United News Network on February 7, TSMC, a leading wafer foundry, held a board meeting on the 6th, and will build a second 12-inch wafer fab in Kumamoto with Japanese partners, and the new factory will be cut into the 7nm and 6nm advanced processes as expected. TSMC plans to start construction at the end of this year and start operation by the end of 2027, with a total investment of more than $20 billion in the two fabs.
TSMC Kumamoto Plant 1 is a joint venture between TSMC, Sony Semiconductor, and Denso JASM. The opening ceremony of the Kumamoto No. 1 Plant is scheduled to be held on the 24th of this month.
TSMC announced after the board meeting on the 6th that Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation has also decided to take a stake in JASM. According to TSMC's latest announcement of JASM equity allocation, TSMC, Sony Semiconductor, Denso and Toyota Motor will each hold about .5% and 2% equity.
According to TSMC's announcement of the equity distribution of Kumamoto Plant 1, Sony holds nearly 20% of the shares, Denso of Japan holds more than 10%, and TSMC holds more than 50% of the shares.
In addition, Toyota Motor holds 20% of the shares of Denso in Japan, if the two are grouped into the same group, after the Kumamoto No. 2 plant investment case, Toyota Motor will replace Sony and become the largest investment group of TSMC in Japan, which also means that the Japanese auto industry has high hopes for TSMC to expand its investment in Japan and boost the chip autonomy of the Japanese auto industry.