Research house projects TSMC’s photonic integrated circuit (PIC) capacity will
rise from about 500 wafers/month today to 10,000 wafers/month by Q2 2026, 15,000
wafers/month by Q4 2026 and at least 25,000 wafers/month by 2028. Assuming 648
dies per wafer, annualized PIC die output would climb from roughly 4.0 mln at
500 wafers/month to about 77.8 mln at 10,000 wafers/month and to roughly 194.4
mln at 25,000 wafers/month.