TSMC's statement: Most important chips are still being produced in Taiwan, and the Taiwanese authorities are "bombing" American politicians to drum up deaf giants | chips | Taiwan
U.S. politicians continue to clamor for "blowing up TSMC." Although Taiwan's DPP authorities pretend to be deaf to this, the chip giant TSMC seems to have had enough recently. Not long ago, the company stated that most of its important chips will still be produced in Taiwan.
Recently, Jared McKinney, an assistant professor of the US Air Force Academy, wrote on the website of Japan's Nikkei Asia magazine that TSMC should set up a self destruction device to prevent Chinese Mainland from acquiring its technology.Former US National Security Advisor O'Brien, who was recently awarded a medal by the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, also said he wanted to "blow up TSMC.".
In response, Taiwan's "China Times News Network" published a commentary article stating that the United States did not promote peace between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, but instead encouraged millions of people in Taiwan to pick up AK-47, urged the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to buy weapons recklessly, and shouted "blow up TSMC", which is clearly not a good friend. The article stated that what is even more infuriating is that the DPP authorities remained silent and treated the Americans as if they had nothing to do with their claim of "destroying TSMC". The article laments that Americans have already deceived TSMC into setting up a factory in Arizona, USA, and there will only be more and more voices of "blowing up TSMC" in the future.
TSMC's actions towards the United States seem to have come to a close.According to reports, despite strong pressure from the White House to outsource TSMC's most advanced chip production capacity to the United States, TSMC recently pointed out that most of its important chips will still be produced in Taiwan.
According to reports, according to TSMC's previous announcement, in the foreseeable future, the production capacity of its 28 nanometer and more advanced chips in factories outside Taiwan will only account for about 20% of the total. This is likely to mean that only a small portion of these 20% of production capacity will be produced at TSMC's chip factory in Arizona, which may not be operational until 2025.
In fact, the main purpose of the United States' various operations with TSMC is to develop its own chip industry. During this process, the United States continues to suppress the development of China's chip industry. However, there are constantly loopholes in the US's containment of Chinese chips.
Recently, Europe's second largest chip manufacturer, STMicroelectronics, signed an agreement to jointly invest $3.2 billion with Chinese companies to build a chip factory in Chongqing. The website of the South China Morning Post reported that although Washington has been exerting tremendous pressure on allies to help contain the Chinese economy, more and more Western business giants are reaffirming their commitment to China.
In the face of various opposition voices, according to The Wall Street Journal, US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Alan Estevez released a statement last week that the US government is preparing to relax restrictions on the sale of advanced chips to China. TSMC and Samsung will be able to continue operating their Chinese factories and make further investments. Foreign media comments suggest that the United States cannot sever ties with China, a country that is both the world's factory and a huge market, overnight.