https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over-100-TSMC-engineers-in-push-for-chip-leadership https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hi

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over-100-TSMC-engineers-in-push-for-chip-leadership https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over... "As a company, TSMC competes to our fullest within the law, but we do not slander our competitors and we respect the intellectual property rights of others. Similarly, we expect our suppliers and other companies to respect TSMC's intellectual property rights and will take appropriate protective actions." I remember a Taiwanese news said TSMC ask their suppliers not to sell TSMC's custom machines to others. a while back on Hacker news someone said TSMC have no choice but to build a fab in the U.S. because TSMC needs suppliers like Applied Materials but it doesn't seem that way because everyone can have the same suppliers but Intel and Samsung is struggling while TSMC charge ahead. https://wccftech.com/samsung-lost-5nm-snapdragon-x60-snapdragon-875-orders-to-tsmc/#:~:text=Mobile%20%E2%8B%AE%20Rumor-,Samsung%20Has%20Reportedly%20Lost%20Qualcomm%20Snapdragon%20X60%2C%20Snapdragon%20875%20Orders,Due%20to%205nm%20Production%20Difficulties&text=Now%2C%20according%20to%20a%20report,because%20of%20these%20unnecessary%20delays https://wccftech.com/samsung-lost-5nm-snapdragon-x60-snapdra....