TSMC's recent announcement of an additional US$100 billion investment in US manufacturing has sparked sharp criticism from Beijing. Chinese media and government officials frame the expansion as US-coerced offshoring of Taiwan's semiconductor crown jewels,
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Beijing accuses Taiwan of giving away chip companies like TSMC as ‘souvenirs’
Why concern is growing in Taiwan about chip giant TSMC’s pledge to invest in Arizona
The US$100 billion outlay may avert threatened tariffs, but it risks undermining the island’s strategically vital semiconductor industry.
Taiwan says TSMC investment 'historic moment' for US ties
In a heartwarming (ish) exposition of solidarity with democratic expression, China tabled concerns earlier today that the Taiwanese government could be preparing to give away its chip industry as a "souvenir" to the USA and that Taiwanese citizens were thus concerned that chip foundry TSMC could become "United States Semiconductor Manufacturing Co".
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to a post overseeing export policy for China on Thursday called a report about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co producing hundreds of thousands of chips for Huawei "a huge concern.
TSMC's US investment of US$100 billion is sparking concerns about Taiwan's national security and potential talent and technology drain. Taiwanese officials have reassured that advanced processes will stay domestic until at least 2026.
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TSMC’s $100 billion will significantly boost America’s semiconductor manufacturing industry but how it will shape US-Taiwan relations is an open question.
Taiwan-based TSMC fabricates the vast majority of the advanced chips for AI and smartphones. Now more of that fabrication could move to Arizona.
The investment plan, announced at the White House, was made as the Trump administration pushes to bring chip making back to the United States.
The U.S. is Taiwan's ace in the hole as it faces China's threats, so does Trump's fickle foreign policy fuel concern, or does Taipei have "a better hand"?
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is expanding investment in the United States because of large U.S. customer demand, its CEO said on Thursday, adding that its production lines there are already fully booked for this year and the next two years.
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