TSMC announces US semiconductor fab plans (May 2020)

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https://www.tsmc.com/tsmcdotcom/PRListingNewsAction.do?action=detail&language=E&newsid=THGOANPGTH

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But it hurts the feelings of Mainland Chinese, or something. /s

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Fuck em.

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See my :thread: in TP. This is the first step in the resurrection of Free China. USA! USA!

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I bet this is bogus. I’ve got a fab in Arizona I want to sell you.

By 2024 Trump will be out of office.

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Also, I hate how Taiwan uses “talent” to mean a talented person.

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It’s common usage, at least in Asia.
A bit like my annoyance at the sudden emergence of the term ‘creatives’ .

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I would rather hear ‘talents’ and ‘creatives’ than ‘netizens’.

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I think this announcement shocked at least a few people in tech. I know they’ve been talking about it for a while, but I think there was some doubt as to whether Taiwan would go ahead. Funny thing, watching the market on the morning when it was announced, TSMC’s stock price barely moved.

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Financially, the deal is a small one that is almost certainly targeted to manufacturing for sensitive military/national security applications. It’s far more important symbolically.

The stock dropped because of the situation with Huawei, which could be financially meaningful.

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I guess all they need to do is slap up a TSMC sign on a building somewhere in Arizona or wherever, and invite the media down there. Have a few people looking busy coming in and out. Promise delivered.

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Is ‘netiquette’ still doing the rounds?

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Fabs are freaking expensive. How can it be profitable invest $12 billion just to manufacture a limited number of chips for F-35s?

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Political profitability is different than financial profitability.

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It’s not but they won’t be spending 12 billion either.

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So you’re saying they’re lying? Thats what I’m saying too.

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Exaggerating. That’s normal with the POTUS after all. Play the political game.

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Summary: Since Europe has no fabless design houses, who are you going to make chips for? US has NVidia, Qualcomm, and AMD.

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Last month in Bangkok, TSMC founder Morris Chang, confirming a Wall Street Journal report, said the company planned to produce chips with advanced 3-nanometer technology in Arizona, in addition to the 5-nanometer chips that the factory is initially set to produce. TSMC said it has started on a second building that could serve as an additional chip factory but hasn’t made a final decision.

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Biden in Arizona, seems also ASU (the Uni) helped too