What only happened? Texas Instruments appear it will build 300mm wafer fabrication plants in Sherman, Texas, to tackle the increasing demand for semiconductors worldwide. Construction of the start two plants volition starting time in 2022, with plans to constitute a total of four plants over time.

Texas Instruments' new plants will create many chore opportunities and expand the visitor's chip manufacturing operations in the The states, increasing its 300mm wafer production. If Texas Instruments ends up filling all 4 slots for fabs, the semiconductor manufacturer expects to create 3,000 direct jobs and invest about $thirty billion.

The construction of these plants comes as an answer to the ever-increasing demand for semiconductors worldwide, which led to the ongoing global chip shortage that'due south ravaging the engineering science and automotive industries. However, the first fabs should only come online in 2025, and then their products won't help much with the current problem simply should prevent situations similar this in the futurity.

"TI's future analog and embedded processing 300-mm fabs at the Sherman site are part of our long-term chapters planning to continue to strengthen our manufacturing and technology competitive advantage and support our customers' demand in the coming decades," said Rich Templeton, chairman, president and CEO at TI. "Our commitment to Due north Texas spans more than xc years, and this determination is a testament to our strong partnership and investment in the Sherman community."

Pattern concept for Texas Instruments' new 300mm wafer fabs in Sherman, Texas

Apart from the upcoming plants, Texas Instruments already has a DMOS6 300mm fab in Dallas, Texas, and 2 300mm fabs in Richardson, Texas: the RFAB1 and the almost complete RFAB2. The latter is expected to start product in the second one-half of 2022.

Besides the Texas fabs, TI also recently acquired Micron'southward quondam 3D XPoint fab (LFAB) in Lehi, Utah, for $900 million. This plant should begin product in early 2023.

Aslope Texas Instruments, Samsung is likewise planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Texas. This constitute, however, is supposedly targeted at manufacturing 5nm wafers.