European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) GmbH

European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) is a joint venture between TSMC, Bosch, Infineon and NXP to establish an advanced semiconductor fab in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. It marks a significant step towards supporting the future capacity needs of the fast-growing automotive, industrial, IoT and telecommunications market sectors in Europe. The fab will be of strategic importance in strengthening the European semiconductor ecosystem and unleashing innovation.

ESMC will initially focus on 28/22 nanometer planar CMOS and 16/12 nanometer FinFET process technology. It will develop technology variants with a special focus on innovative differentiating technologies like automotive applications, embedded flash, RRAM, MRAM, Radio Frequency (RF) and other non-volatile memories. TSMC will operate the fab according to the foundry business model, ensuring openness to customers beyond Bosch, Infineon and NXP and focusing on collaboration rather than competition. ESMC will be the first and so far, only pure play foundry to establish a sustainable mass production with FinFET capability on EU soil.