Recently, American MCU manufacturer Microchip announced that it will expand its partnership with TSMC, which will establish a dedicated 40nm production line for Microchip in Japan Manufacturing (JASM).

Microchip states that this collaboration is part of its continuous strategy to improve supply chain resilience. Other measures include investing in additional technology to enhance internal manufacturing and production capabilities, as well as establishing more regional diversity and redundancy, and collaborating with wafer fabs, foundries, assembly, testing, and OSAT partners.

JASM is a holding manufacturing subsidiary of TSMC in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Its wafer production capacity supply further enhances Microchip's ability to provide services to global customers in various markets, such as automotive, industrial, and network applications.

In addition, TSMC's partnership and JASM capacity can help offset external factors such as constantly changing business conditions and natural disasters (for example, the recent earthquake in Taiwan, China Province of China caused partial production suspension), thus reducing the risk of supply chain disruption.

Michaelaehaelip, Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Technology, Microchip. "Microchip's reputation in providing responsible and reliable supply management has been enhanced by TSMC's new manufacturing path." "With the support of flexibility and strong manufacturing capabilities, customers can confidently design our products for their applications and platforms."

Rose, Senior Vice President of North American Business Management at TSMC, "This initiative with Microchip further demonstrates TSMC's commitment to supporting long-term customer growth and innovation," Castanares said. "Our expansion of cooperation with Microchip will ensure that as leading technologies continue to evolve, our collective ability to manufacture and provide these features when needed by global customers will also continue to evolve."

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