The article is dated April 18, 2021. I missed it then. An acquaintence recently told me her son just got a new job with TI, due to their recent decision to build more chips in the U.S.
The 870,000 square-foot plant will boost Texas Instruments' chip production for a broad range of uses, such as smartphones, connected cars and industrial machinery. The company is already the biggest maker of analog semiconductors.Texas Instruments plans to produce its more cost-effective 300 millimeter wafers at the facility. Each wafer is cut into numerous analog chips. The 300 millmeter wafers can yield twice as many chips as the company's 200 millimeter product.
Not sure if 300 mm - about 12" - is the radius or the diameter of the wafer.
Texas Instruments considered two other locations for the new facility, according to the presentation. It looked at a site in Singapore and a site in Upstate New York at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy.
Sorry, Sonny!
[Gov.] Abbott's announcement called Texas "a leader in the development of innovative technologies because of companies like Texas Instruments."
"Made in Texas is a powerful label, and this expansion will create hundreds of jobs, generate billions in capital investment, and further solidify Texas' reputation both at home and abroad," he said.