The project is "dang near back on the original schedule," TSMC Chariman Rick Cassidy told CNBC during an exclusive first look at the completed fab in November.
"When we came to the U.S., we knew we were going to go through a learning process," Cassidy said. "Whether it was permitting, learning how to work with the trades, learning how to work with the unions, local labor laws. Lots of learnings that went on. Now we've overcome those."
TSMC chairman Rick Cassidy shows CNBC's Katie Tarasov around its newly completed fab on November 7, 2024, where it will make advanced chips on U.S. soil for the first time.