Many companies are trying to develop a series of technologies that allow computer systems to reach new levels of power, and it is clear that if we talk about the semiconductors that the chips use, the nodes of TSMC They are the ones with the most advanced developments. This is the main reason why USA wants the Taiwanese company to be able manufacture their nodes in North America, but the latest statements from the Taiwanese government make it very clear that the most cutting-edge technologies will not leave the Asian country.
More and more companies are seeking collaboration with what is currently the most important Taiwanese company in the world, and although Intel and Samsung are also in the race to achieve the development of the most technologically advanced nodes, they are far behind. behind TSMC, something that does not allow them to compete directly against them, making the most important companies opt to use the processes created in Taiwan.
Taiwan will not allow TSMC to manufacture 2nm nodes outside the country
For some time now one of the main plans of TSMC goes through offering States Joined the ability to manufacture their own chips related to the most important technologies that the company has developed, which is why three plants are being built in the North American country. But all the company’s plans did not take into account the extremely strict policy that Taiwan has on the various technologies that are developed in the country, and that is that they will not be able to manufacture extremely advanced technology nodes outside of it.
As we can well imagine, this results in a very hard blow for the United States, not for TSMC itself, since it is the North American country itself that has tried to force the creation of the brand’s factories, allowing them to expand, investing billions of dollars in the process. And the US knows the importance that the Taiwanese company has for its largest companies, being the main reason why they practically subsidized all of the company’s activities to ensure that they took the manufacturing of their most cutting-edge nodes to the Western continent. .
This is part of a statement released by JW Kuo, the Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, who assured that despite the efforts of both USA as of TSMC for carrying their nodes further advanced to other countries, the company’s most important technologies will remain exclusively in the Asian country, with no option to create them in other places.
“Since Taiwan has regulations to protect its own technologies, TSMC cannot currently produce 2-nanometer chips abroad.”
«Although TSMC plans to manufacture 2 nanometer chips [en el extranjero] In the future, its core technology will remain in Taiwan.”
If we add to the problem of not being able to manufacture the chips in their own country the possible tariffs that the US government can apply to all the exports of its main trading partners, we could be facing a problem that would end up causing the price of the chips to rise significantly. that use TSMC technologies.
