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TSMC US investment: Fear and resignation after ‘world’s most powerful company’ pays Trump $100 billion. (lite.cnn.com)
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It was a surprise ceremony at the White House presided over by President Donald Trump to unveil a $100 billion investment from what he called the world’s most powerful company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

But nearly 8,000 miles away, the mood was far from celebratory. Instead, the shock announcement last week has reignited fears in Taiwan about losing its crown jewel, its world-beating semiconductor industry, to the US due to political pressure.

The island democracy’s former President Ma Ying-jeou wasted no time in accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of “selling TSMC” to Trump as a “protection fee.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If I remember right, TSMC requires their highest capability fabs to be in Taiwan, anything international must be less capable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Mostly we need advanced packaging built out stateside, all the most advanced SoCs have to go elsewhere to be built into their final configuration.