TSMC staff express doubts over the company's decision to build a $40B factory in Arizona, arguing the project distracts from R&D, showing TSMC's tricky position
Inside Taiwanese Chip Giant, a U.S. Expansion Stokes Tensions https://www.nytimes.com/... “The most difficult thing about wafer manufacturing is not technology,” he said. “The most difficult thing is personnel management. Americans are the worst at this, because Americans are the…
“Wayne Chiu, an engineer who left TSMC last year, said he had thought about joining the company's overseas expansion drive but lost interest after realizing he would likely have to pick up the slack for U.S. hires.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
In TW this is viewed as US extortion = protection racket “In an earnings call last month, TSMC said the U.S. construction could be at least four times the cost in Taiwan, driven by labor expenses, permits, regulatory compliance and inflation.” [THREAD] https://www.nytimes.com/...
TSMC is building a $40B (and rising) chip factory in Arizona. But “high costs and managerial challenges [are] showing how difficult it is to transplant one of the most complicated manufacturing processes known to man halfway across the world.” https://www.nytimes.com/...