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I wonder why the USA didn't ensure TSMC guarantee sub-2nm production in their new US plants when they gave funding to TSMC. Only back in April there was this a
by nineteen999 2y ago
I wonder why the USA didn't ensure TSMC guarantee sub-2nm production in their new US plants when they gave funding to TSMC.
Only back in April there was this article describe how two of the three new plants in Arizona would be doing 2nm. Not for a while now I guess.
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/04/biden-harris-administration-announces-preliminary-terms-tsmc-expanded https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/04/biden-h...
- favorited 2y agoTSMC or its US subsidiary may have agreed to it at the time, but it sounds like the Taiwanese government has other ideas: > "Since Taiwan has related regulations to protect its own technologies, TSMC cannot produce 2nm chips overseas currently," [Minister of Economic Affairs] Kuo said at a meeting of the Economics Committee in Taipei, reports Taipei Times. "Although TSMC plans to make 2nm chips [abroad] in the future, its core technology will stay in Taiwan." <https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-cannot-produce-2nm-chips-overseas-until-domestic-output-becomes-more-advanced-confirms-taiwanese-govt-official https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-cannot-produ...>
- nineteen999 2y agoYeah I guess regardless of the contract between the US government and TSMC, TSMC has the right to veto certain activities of Taiwanese companies. I'd feel a little bait and switched if I was the US government right now though.