TSMC could be inching closer to making ‘all American’ chips — report says it is accelerating an advanced packaging facility in Arizona

One of the caveats of TSMC’s manufacturing in the U.S. is that all wafers processed at Fab 21 in Arizona are shipped back to Taiwan for dicing, testing, and packaging, which is why processors fabbed in Arizona are not 100% U.S.-made. However, suppose the rumor published by Taiwan-based Liberty Times is correct. In that case, TSMC is repurposing land designated initially for one of its Fab 21 modules for its advanced packaging facility, thus accelerating its packaging capability in the U.S. and making…