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China tensions underline US investment in TSMC


The United States Department of Commerce Monday proposed investing as much as $6.6 billion to fund a third Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

The United States Department of Commerce Monday proposed investing as much as $6.6 billion to fund a third Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) fab in Arizona. For all the money the United States government continues to invest, Intel is simply playing catch-up to TSMC’s multiyear technological head start. Huawei’s addition to the entity list marked a massive setback for the mobile firm, as it lost access to key components from American companies like Google and Qualcomm.

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