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TSMC 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 regulatio
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TSMC 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."
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- 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.