Texas Instruments starts fab production at Sherman
The semiconductor giant has begun production at its newest 300mm semiconductor fab in Sherman, Texas.
Texas Instruments begins production at its newest 300mm wafer fab in Sherman, Texas.
Company leaders and local and state elected officials attended a ribbon-cutting to mark the opening of the SM1 facility, the company said. The facility will ramp according to customer demand and ultimately produce tens of millions of chips daily that go into smartphones, automotive systems, medical devices, industrial robots, smart home appliances and data centers, the company said.
TI said the Sherman mega-site includes plans for up to four connected wafer fabs and could support as many as 3,000 direct jobs, along with thousands of additional jobs in support industries. The company said its investment in Sherman is part of broader plans to invest more than $60 billion across seven semiconductor fabs in Texas and Utah and that TI operates 15 manufacturing sites around the world.
“The start of production at our newest wafer fab in Sherman, TX represents what TI does best: owning every part of the manufacturing process to deliver the foundational semiconductors that are vital for nearly every type of electronic system,” said Haviv Ilan, president and CEO of Texas Instruments.
The Recap
- TI started production at its new Sherman 300mm fab.
- SM1 will produce tens of millions of chips daily.
- Site plans could support as many as 3,000 direct jobs.
