The US is geared up for the production of semiconductors. President Joe Biden signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing as part of his administration’s push to boost US competitiveness over China.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited has already announced its plans to set up a single factory in Arizona to open in 2024. Now, as reported Apple and TSMC are in talks to bring 3nm chip production to the US. As in known lower process nodes drive more transistors on the SoC, more power and more operations are the end result. As reported by TSMC, it is planning to set up a second chip factory in Arizona because of strong customer demand.

As Samsung’s 4 nm process node causes the chip to heat, the company decided to let it go and the demand shifted to TSMC. Next year, TSMC will start the production of the 3nm A 17 Bionic for the 15 Pro and iPhone 15 nmUltra. Apple and TSMC have been working together for a long time and 25% of TSMC’s revenue comes from Apple.

Though Apple wants to shift its chip production from China, given the nature of the project it is not going to happen in a jiffy. Some analysts are of the opinion that it would approximately take at least 8 years to transfer iPhone production from China to India.

The US restrictions have forced China to move in the self-reliant mode. On the other side of the semiconductor geo-strategic story, the Phoenix plant is waiting for the 5nm chips to be withdrawn from the market. This would be the right time to move 3nm production to the US.

Apple is planning to buy chips made in the US and Europe by 2024 in a bid to reduce dependency on Asia, Bloomberg reported citing CEO Tim Cook's comments. Apple has already made a decision to be buying out of a plant in Arizona, Cook reportedly said. He added that Apple could expand its supply of chips from plants in Europe.

The famed journey of the chip to the US will not be a fairy.