Within the past few hours, apple has been proclaimed as the single and biggest customer of the new construction amkor factory located at Peoria in Arizona. The latter has worked with some leading companies such as one headed by Tim Cook whose main activity is the package for chips. The new facility is going to be producing the “semis” manufactured by TSMC, another “foundry”, which is also being built in Arizona.^
Collaborative Efforts: Apple and Amkor Forge Ahead
Together, Apple and Amkor designed the largest chip packaging factory in the U.S. The plant will cost a total of $2 billions to Amkor and is expected to employ about two thousand people at full operation level. Apple’s Head of Logistics, Jeff Williams, declares:
“Apple strongly believes in the U.S. manufacturing future and is committed to expanding its investment activities in the country. In addition, the company’s innovative proprietary chips have opened up exciting new opportunities for our customers, allowing them to achieve results they previously deemed impossible”
On Apple Silicon and Future expansions.
The quote, however, is noteworthy because it uses the name “Apple Silicon” as the common identifier for Apple’s internally developed chips, referred to as universal Apple Silicon and emphasized by the lower case s. The name Silicon, which in Italian basically means silicone or processor, is utilized by the company as an equivalent of “chip.”
The term does not simply mean M series chips that are found in expensive MacBooks and iPads for that matter, even if that is where the term originated. Widely embracing all chips made it for iPhone, iPad, Macs, high end of tablet and other products by Apple Inc.M All this to say: it is not certain which specific class of chips will be manufactured in Arizona.
Investing in American Manufacturing
This is in concurrence with Apple’s stand in promoting future of US manufacturing and it upholds its determination of investing in America. The fact that Apple has chosen Arizona as the location where it will build its major chip facility attests to the company’s trust of local capabilities and demonstrates how crucial to its wide range of products is domestically-produced chips.