Vishakha Saxena, Monday November 11, 2024
Taiwan’s economy minister said top chipmaker TSMC is not allowed to make 2 nanometre (nm) chips outside of the island for now, raising concerns about the firm’s chipmaking ambitions in the United States.
“Since Taiwan has related regulations to protect its own technologies, TSMC cannot produce 2-nanometre chips overseas currently,” Minister of Economic Affairs JW Kuo said at a legislative meeting last week.
He made the comment in reference to concerns that TSMC may need to start producing 2nm chips at its plant in Arizona, US earlier than planned in light of Donald Trump’s re-election as the president of the United States.
