Texas Instruments (TI) plans to invest more than $60 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations, building and ramping up its capabilities across seven large-scale connected semiconductor fabs. Combined, these fabs across three manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah will manufacture hundreds of millions of chips. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs.
In the state of Texas, this TI investment will be focused in Sherman, TX and Richardson, TX. TI’s largest mega-site in Sherman, Texas includes investment of up to $40 billion dollars for four fabs: SM1 and SM2 – already underway – and two additional fabs, SM3 and SM4
In Sherman, TI’s first new fab there will begin initial production this year — three years after breaking ground. Construction is also complete on the exterior shell of SM2, TI’s second new fab in Sherman. Incremental investment plans include two additional fabs, SM3 and SM4, to support future demand.
In Richardson, TI’s second fab there (RFAB2) continues to ramp to full production and builds on the company’s legacy of introducing the world’s first 300mm analog fab, RFAB1, in 2011…