Apple's A16 chips are now being manufactured on American soil at TSMC's Arizona plant, according to Taiwan-based independent journalist

Way back in 2022, Apple CEO Tim Cook stood next to President Biden at TSMC's new fab in Arizona and proclaimed the company would be first in line for the chips rolling off the manufacturing line in a few years.

TSMC has started production in its first US fabrication unit in Arizona. It's manufacturing Apple's A16 processors.

TSMC first announced plans to build a new semiconductor fab in Arizona in 2020, and ever since then, it's reportedly been beset by multiple delays, labor shortages, and culture clashes. Now, things appear to be looking up for TSMC,

At least a small bag TSMC has reportedly started producing some of the fruity cargo cult Apple's iPhone chips in its Arizona foundry. The TSMC foundry in Arizona has been under construction for years,

Last year, Apple silicon supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expanded into the US with a new plant in Arizona, and now it looks like Apple is getting ready to use that domestic facility to produce one of its mainstream A-series chips.

Apple's A16 chips are now being fabricated at TSMC's Arizona facility. The A16 chip are reportedly being produced in small quantities.

Although TSMC's Fab 21 phase 1 near Phoenix, Arizona, is officially set to start mass production of chips sometime in 2025, the facility is already making processors for the foundry's biggest client,