Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited held Friday an inauguration ceremony for its global Research and Development Center in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Particularly, the new hub aims to bring semiconductor technology into reality with customers, R&D and design partners, academia, and government leaders.

The R&D Center will serve as the new home for TSMC’s R&D Organization. This includes the researchers who will develop TSMC’s leading-edge process technology at the 2nm generation and beyond. Most importantly, the scientists and scholars blazing the trail with exploratory research into fields such as novel materials and transistor structures.

R&D employees are already relocating to their workplaces in the new building. Thus, it will be ready for its full complement of more than 7,000 staff by September 2023.

TSMC Chairman Dr. Mark Liu said, “The brilliant minds that we will gather together here at our global R&D Center will be working to answer today’s most challenging questions in semiconductor technology, as well as future questions that we have not even imagined.”

In addition, Liu said he is looking forward to seeing the solutions and technologies that will emerge from the new R&D center in the decades to come.

Delivering Right Technology, Right Time

TSMC Founder Dr. Morris Chang, Chairman Dr. Mark Liu, and CEO Dr. CC Wei presided over the inauguration ceremony. Furthermore, the event brought together customers, R&D partners, universities, design ecosystem partners, industry associations, and senior government officials. They include Premier Chen Chien-Jen, National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Tsung-Tsong, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-Hua, and Hsinchu County Magistrate Yang Wen-Ke. In total, more than 200 attendees joined the event.

“As we celebrate this milestone for TSMC R&D, I would like to thank our customers for their trust in us to deliver the right technology at the right time for them,” said TSMC CEO Dr. C.C. Wei.

Furthermore, Wei said, “I would also like to thank our R&D team for making that possible. Your tireless curiosity and courage in accepting challenges enables TSMC to drive technology forward. (And) help customers bring groundbreaking innovations to life.”

TSMC’s R&D Center has total floor space of 300,000 square meters, or approximately 42 standard soccer fields. In addition, the facility carries green building features, such as vegetated walls, rainwater collection tanks, and windows that maximize natural light.

Moreover, it also employs rooftop solar panels capable of generating 287 kilowatts at peak conditions, demonstrating TSMC’s commitment to sustainability.