Taiwan is reportedly planning a new industrial park in the Tainan Science Park ecosystem intended to support 1nm manufacturing, with development expected to begin in 2027. Cheng-Wen Wu, a minister in Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council, reportedly described the plan at the IEEE Asia Solid State Circuits Conference. Wu did not name TSMC.
The 2027 milestone is site development
The proposed park is meant to support future manufacturing technologies. The reported 2027 date is for development of the site; it is not a 1nm production milestone. Here, “1nm” is a process-node label, not a literal measurement of a transistor.
TSMC’s N2 and A14 follow separate timelines
TSMC says its N2 process entered volume production in the fourth quarter of 2025 at Fab 20 and Fab 22, as described on its official N2 technology page. That is an existing process milestone, separate from the reported Tainan site plan.
Technology reports describe TSMC’s A14 as a separate 1.4nm process with volume production targeted for 2028. A separate supply-chain rumor puts possible A14 risk production in the second half of 2027. Risk production is an early manufacturing phase used to test equipment and identify problems before volume production; the rumor concerns A14, not the proposed 1nm site.
Land, water, and supply chains are part of the plan
The reported discussion of advanced chipmaking also covered land, water, and supply-chain resources. Accounts of Wu’s remarks linked robotics with opportunities for metal and plastics suppliers in higher-value industries, and said optical communications should extend beyond server racks.
