Taipei, Oct. 31 -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has secured three construction permits for its plan to build a state-of-the-art A14 wafer fab in Taichung, central Taiwan, and is likely to start construction soon, the Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau said on Wednesday, according to a report by Focus Taiwan.

As per the report, Wang Chun-chieh, deputy director general of the science park bureau, said the world's largest contract chipmaker has received three construction permits: one to build a fab to roll out sophisticated chips, another to build a central utility plant (CUP) to provide water and electricity for the facility and the other to build three office buildings.

The report noted that Wang said that with the thre...