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The government and people of Taiwan understand that TSMC is a major reason mainland China hasn't bulldozed their tiny island yet. It's their ace in the hole. Th
by patentatt 4y ago
The government and people of Taiwan understand that TSMC is a major reason mainland China hasn't bulldozed their tiny island yet. It's their ace in the hole. They have a monopoly on arguably the most important technology in the world right now, and the US and EU will protect them as long as they hold that monopoly. There's no way they'd actually physically offshore that golden goose. It's a brilliant move by Taiwan, and I highly doubt they'd voluntarily give it up.
- dragontamer 4y ago> There's no way they'd actually physically offshore that golden goose. It's a brilliant move by Taiwan, and I highly doubt they'd voluntarily give it up. 5nm Fab is being built right now in Arizona though by TSMC. They're beginning to offshore fabs. Look up any information on "TSMC Fab21".
- ethbr0 4y agoI'd assume TSMC chose the practical optimum there: given current events, having all leading fans physically in Taiwan was no longer a tenable option. So they re-balanced for a volume play. If some (read: national security volume) fabs in EU / US are enough to assuage governments, but most (read: global economically important volume) are still in Taiwan, then that's the next best thing.
- modeless 4y agoBy the time the fab is done 5nm won't be cutting edge anymore.
- CamperBob2 4y agoIt will be if China invades Taiwan. They will not be able to keep the TSMC facility in business for very long, assuming it survives the attack to begin with. Where life will get interesting is in South Korea, at the Samsung fab. They will have the only 3-nm process in the world if TSMC goes away.
- sillystuff 4y agoTSMC's Arizona fab is slated to start 5nm production in 2024. TSMC announced high volume 3nm production, by their Taiwan fabs, by the end of 2022. TSMC isn't giving up their cutting edge technology, just what will be considered an old node size by 2024.