台湾半导体制造公司（台积电）是世界最大的芯片制造商。该周二宣布，将投资19.7亿美元扩大生产。
其中的一部分资金将用于提高12英寸芯片厂先进工艺技术能力。该公司董事会还批准拨款3.69亿美元继续另一个12英寸芯片工厂的建设。
董事会同意另外注资2.25亿美元入台积电大陆公司及1.44 亿美元用于研究和发展。 董事会还同意支出约3.2亿万元开发新业务，包括建立一个LED生产线和薄膜太阳能光伏组件厂。
台积电（TSMC）成立于1987年，是全球最大的半导体制造商，生产基地遍布台湾、美国、新加坡和中国。
Taipei - The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, on Tuesday announced that it would invest 1.97 billion US dollars to expand production.
Some of the money will be used to increase the advanced process technology capacity at TSMC's 12-inch chip plant. The company's board also approved allocating 369 million US dollars to continue with the construction of another 12-inch chip plant.
The board additionally backed a capital injection of 225 million US dollars into TSMC China Co Ltd, and 144 million US dollars in increased funding for its research and development fund.
The board also endorsed about 320 million US dollars in spending to develop new businesses, including the creation of a LED production line and a plant to make thin-film solar photovoltaic modules.
Established in 1987, TSMC is the world's largest semiconductor maker, with production sites in Taiwan, the United States, Singapore and China.
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