Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, ???) yesterday said that the construction of a planned 12-inch wafer plant in Kaohsiung would start later this year. The chipmaker’s comments came after the Kaohsiung City Government invited the company to attend a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday at the Nanzih Technology Industrial Park (????????), where the new plant is to be built. The park would sit on the former site of a naphtha cracking plant owned by state-owned oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan (????). Photo courtesy of the Kaohsiung City Government Economic Development Bureau Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (???) yesterday did not confirm whether...