拜登出席移機典禮
US President Joe Biden and Apple CEO Tim Cook were on hand at the December 6 ceremony to mark the arrival of manufacturing equipment at the new Arizona production facility of top chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
晶片製造巨頭台積電在美國亞利桑那州廠設備進駐，美國總統喬·拜登和蘋果公司執行長提姆·庫克出席了於12月6日舉行的移機典禮。
on hand在現場、手頭上ceremony(n.)典禮a wedding ceremony婚禮a graduation ceremony畢業典禮manufacture(v.)(n.)製造、生產manufacturer(n.)製造商equipment(n.)設備facility(n.)機構、設施
Although the fab in Phoenix, Arizona, will not open until 2024, Cook announced that Apple will begin using American-made chips as soon as they are available.
雖然位於亞利桑那州鳳凰城的晶圓廠要到2024年才會啟用，但庫克宣布，一旦在美國製造的晶片上市，蘋果將會著手使用。
available(adj.)可供使用的
Both AMD and NVIDIA, which are already among TSMC’s largest customers, noted that they will also be buying chips made in the new facility as well.
台積電最大的客戶中超微半導體和輝達也都表示，他們將購買台積電新廠生產的晶片。
According to President Biden, these companies want their chips to be produced at home to help cut down on supply chain issues.
據拜登總統所說，這些公司希望他們的晶片在國內生產，以幫助減少供應鏈的問題。
cut down on sth.減少某物supply(n.)(v.)供應、補給demand(n.)需求food chain食物鏈chain store連鎖店
TSMC also made an important announcement at the ceremony, saying it would be opening a second factory in Phoenix, which will start producing 3-nanometer chips in 2026.
台積電在典禮上另外宣布了一個重要消息，表示將在鳳凰城開設第二座工廠，將於2026年開始生產3奈米晶片。
meter(n.)公尺centimeter(n.)公分millimeter(n.)毫米nanometer(n.)奈米
Along with the first fab, which will produce 4-nanometer chips, a total of 600,000 wafers will be manufactured annually between the two factories when the second facility opens.
連同即將生產4奈米晶片的第一座晶圓廠，待第二座工廠啟用後，這兩座晶圓廠每年將生產總共60萬片晶圓。
total(adj.)總的；(n.)總額、總數totally(adv.)完全地annually(adv.)每年地
According to the White House, this $40 billion investment in Arizona by TSMC will go a long way toward helping to meet the entire country’s demand for advanced chips.
根據白宮的說法，台積電在亞利桑那州的這筆400億美元投資，將對滿足全美對先進晶片的需求發揮巨大作用。
investment(n.)投資invest(v.)投資investor(n.)投資者go a long way toward…對～很有幫助advanced(adj.)先進的、進階的advance(v.)促進in advance事先、預先