Taiwan Microchips Head to Mordor: Will They Catch up With China?

TSMC hits back, warns U.S. of consequences of semiconductor tariffs - Focus Taiwan

Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has warned the United States that any future tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors could reduce demand for chips and derail its pledge to increase its investment in Arizona.

Taiwan Microchips Head to Mordor: Will They Catch up With China?

Over the next five years, the production of microchips in Arizona is projected to bring in roughly 6,000 high paying jobs as well as 40,000 construction jobs to build up the complex which is 1,100 acres.  The organizers claim it will add roughly $200 billion to Arizona’s economy and indirectly to the national economy. The problem is that forecasters say the project will be twice as expensive as the cost of producing microchips in Taiwan. Also, t…

What seemed like a completely closed deal between two parties and countries is getting complicated again. And it is that Taiwan cannot rest its confidence in a partner like the US, which continues to squeeze it with its most important business: chips. And that is that the US subsidiary of TSMC, TSMC Arizona, has officially responded to the Department of Commerce’s investigation into national security linked to the import of semiconductors and ma…