After four years of planning, TSMC is now finally going to make older iPhone processors in the US, but it’s not and never will be a true return to American manufacturing.
It was back in 2020 when pressure over taxes made firms look again at manufacturing in the US, and TSMC announced it would build a processor plant in Arizona. By 2022, that expanded to plans for a second plant — and Tim Cook pledged that Apple would use processors made in Arizona.
Now after reportedly starting its first production run in September 2024, TSMC USA is about to reach a key milestone. According to Nikkei Asia, Apple is now in the process of officially certifying and verifying the processors.
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