Wei also addressed a question about ramping up bleeding-edge nodes at the Arizona fab, now that TSMC has the greenlight from Taiwan to take that tech abroad. Until recently, restrictions meant that the latest node had to be produced in Taiwan, but older-gen nodes could go abroad.

TSMC's chip foundry in Arizona is not just making one Apple chip, as a second Apple design is reportedly now in production at the facility.

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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is officially producing advanced manufacturing chips in Phoenix, the company confirmed on an overnight earnings call. Why it matters: According to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo,

Business is booming for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. with the global computer chip maker reporting a surge in Q4 revenue and big plans in 2025 as full production gets underway at its new factory in Phoenix.