TSMC Says U.S. Chip Plant is Producing Better Results Than Taiwan Facilities
“A Phoenix area chip plant run by the world’s top manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., is producing usable chips at a better rate than comparable facilities in the company’s home country of Taiwan, an executive said Thursday in a webinar, according to a Bloomberg report. The comments from Rick Cassidy, head of TSMC’s American unit division, is good news for U.S. efforts to incentivize companies to make more vital hardware domestically, especially as the threat of a China takeover of Taiwan looms. Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Google and other technology giants rely on TSMC to make their best chips.” (The Information)
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