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TSMC cannot make 2nm chips abroad now: MOEA

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“Since Taiwan has related regulations to protect its own technologies, TSMC cannot produce 2-nanometer chips overseas currently,” Kuo said at a meeting of the legislature’s Economics Committee in Taipei. According to TSMC’s overseas manufacturing roadmap, the company plans to produce 2-nanometer or more advanced chips in the US by the end of this decade, when its second fab in Arizona — which would utilize its 3-nanometer and 2-nanometer process technologies — becomes operational in 2028. Asked about how the TSIA could help local semiconductor companies navigate the challenges of the potential 10 percent tariff hikes that Trump threatened during his election campaign, Hou said the association has not received any official notification yet.

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