Apple is first with end-to-end USA silicon supply chain, new chips produced in America

Apple has just announced it's expanding its end-to-end American silicon supply chain, alongside its announcement of spending another $100 billion on US manufacturing.

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The US-based company announced the news next to President Trump and his administration pushing for more US-based semiconductor manufacturing. The US silicon supply chain is on track to producing over 19 billion chips for Apple products in 2025, including TSMC Arizona which is producing tens of millions of chips for Apple using its most advanced process technologies on American soil.

Apple is TSMC Arizona's first and largest customer.

Apple also announced its new American Manufacturing Program, delivering more American jobs and making more things on US soil, which you can read more about in the link below.

• Read more: Apple boosts US investment to $600B + American Manufacturing Program
• Read more: TSMC Arizona finishes first test run of chips made in the USA for Apple
• Read more: Apple in final stages of its first 'Made in USA' chip at TSMC Arizona, expected in Q1 2025

Sabih Khan, Apple's chief operating officer, explains: "Apple engineers work closely with suppliers across the United States to create silicon chips that are on the leading edge of innovation. We're committed to supporting U.S. suppliers involved in every key stage of the chip-making process - from the earliest stages of research and development, to final fabrication and packaging. We want America to lead in this critical industry, and we're expanding our efforts to grow a silicon manufacturing ecosystem that will benefit innovators across America".

• Wafers are the building block of any silicon chip, and Apple is partnering with GlobalWafers America in Sherman, Texas, to produce advanced wafers for use in U.S.-based semiconductor fabs for the first time. American chip fabs like TSMC in Phoenix, Arizona, and Texas Instruments in Sherman, Texas, will use GWA's 300mm wafers to produce chips for iPhone and iPad devices sold in the U.S. and around the world. GWA uses silicon from U.S. sources, including from Corning's Hemlock Semiconductor, to produce the world's most advanced silicon wafers.
• Apple is also partnering directly with Applied Materials to boost the production of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the U.S. The Applied site in Austin, Texas, is a pivotal hub for manufacturing cutting-edge chip equipment.
• Fabs take bare wafers and turn them into chips. Apple and Texas Instruments are expanding their partnership to increase future product collaboration and critical U.S. capacity for this work. Apple is making a new commitment with TI, which will support additional tool installations at its facility in Lehi, Utah, and a new facility in Sherman, Texas. These facilities are home to TI's most advanced process technologies and use American-made chip manufacturing equipment from Applied Materials' factory in Austin, as well as advanced silicon wafers from GlobalWafers America. These facilities will manufacture critical foundational semiconductors used for Apple products, including iPhone devices shipped in the U.S. and around the world.
• Apple is also working with Samsung at its fab in Austin, Texas, to launch an innovative new technology for making chips, which has never been used before anywhere in the world. By bringing this technology to the U.S. first, this facility will supply chips that optimize power and performance of Apple products, including iPhone devices shipped all over the world.
• GlobalFoundries and Apple have also entered an agreement to bring more semiconductor manufacturing to the United States, focused on manufacturing cutting-edge wireless technologies and advanced power management - critical technologies that enable longer battery life and enhanced connectivity in Apple devices. The partnership will bring new capabilities, jobs, and technology to the GlobalFoundries semiconductor facility in Malta, New York.
• Packaging is the final critical step in manufacturing silicon chips. Apple is investing in Amkor's new advanced chip packaging and test facility in Arizona, and will be its first and largest customer. This will accelerate the development of packaging capabilities in America, meaningfully strengthening the semiconductor supply chain in the U.S. This facility will package and test Apple silicon manufactured at the nearby TSMC fab, and create chips used in iPhone devices shipped around the world.