Dive Brief:
- Texas Instruments plans to spend more than $60 billion across seven semiconductor fabrication plants, marking one of the largest investments in the sector to date, the Dallas-based company said Wednesday.
- The historic investment will add fabs to three TI manufacturing sites in Sherman, Texas, and Richardson, Texas, as well as Lehi, Utah, supporting more than 60,000 new jobs, according to a news release.
- TI’s largest site in Sherman will receive up to $40 billion for four fabs, including two that are already underway, the company said. The investment expands capacity for TI’s 300mm chips used by Apple, Ford, Medtronic, Nvidia and other companies.
Dive Insight:
TI is one of the largest foundational semiconductor manufacturing companies in the U.S., producing analog and embedded processing chips for smartphones, vehicles, data centers, satellites and other electronic devices.
The world’s leading countries are racing to establish themselves as dominant players in the semiconductor space as artificial intelligence technologies advance and transform peoples’ lives. The Department of Commerce awarded up to $1.6 billion in funding through the CHIPS and Science Act for TI’s new fabs.
“President Trump has made it a priority to increase semiconductor manufacturing in America — including these foundational semiconductors that go into the electronics that people use every day,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a statement. “Our partnership with TI will support U.S. chip manufacturing for decades to come.”
At full capacity, TI’s seven new fabs will be able to manufacture hundreds of millions of chips daily, according to a release. The company is actively ramping and constructing the fabs across its Texas and Utah locations, with the SM1 fab in Sherman expected to begin production this year.
“Leading U.S. companies such as Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA and SpaceX rely on TI’s world-class technology and manufacturing expertise, and we are honored to work alongside them and the U.S. government to unleash what’s next in American innovation,” Haviv Ilan, president and CEO of TI, said in a statement.
TI is one of the chipmakers increasing their investments to secure funding from the CHIPS and Science Act as Lutnick renegotiates contractual terms. In March, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which secured $6.6 billion in CHIPS funds, said it will invest an additional $100 billion in U.S. manufacturing on top of a previously announced $65 billion.
