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After announcing in early July plans to wind down its Gallium Nitride (GaN) wafer foundry services by July 31, 2027, TSMC has now confirmed—following yesterday’s board meeting—that it will also phase out 6-inch wafer production within two years and further consolidate 8-inch capacity to improv...
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Just ahead of the reciprocal tariffs taking effect on August 7, U.S. President Trump announced plans to slap a 100% tariff on imported chips. According to Politico, the U.S. imported over $60 billion worth of chips in 2024, with Taiwan emerging as the top supplier at roughly $12 billion. As a result...
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U.S. President Trump announced on the 7th plans to impose a 100% tariff on semiconductors, while noting that chips manufactured in the U.S. would be exempt. As such, TSMC is expected to qualify for the exemption. In line with this, MoneyDJ notes that TSMC is accelerating construction of its U.S. fab...
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TSMC, spared from the looming 100% chip tariffs thanks to its massive U.S. investments, rocked the global semiconductor world recently by revealing a leak of its 2nm process. Reports say the company filed complaints with prosecutors, leading to three engineers being detained incommunicado. Notabl...
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Amid heated discussions over the alleged leak of TSMC’s 2nm technology, the foundry giant’s internal mechanisms for safeguarding trade secrets and intellectual property are drawing fresh attention. As Liberty Times reports, TSMC has been Taiwan’s top domestic patent applicant for nine consecut...