Save our car industry before anyone else

The US Commerce Department is pressuring Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and other Taiwanese firms to prioritise US carmakers to ease chip shortages in the near term.

Been working on the matter since December

TSMC said it would catch up with the "minimum requirement" of customer demand for auto chips by the end of June.

Spending $25-$28 billion to make sure

TSMC has recently reiterated that it's confident that its N2, N3, and N4 processes will be available on time and will be more advanced than competing nodes.

Morris Chang says

In a rare public appearance since retiring nearly three years ago, TSMC founder  Morris Chang, the 89 year old founder of the world's largest contract chipmaker, said China is not yet a competitor in chipmaking.

But profits up

TSMC said that while it is doing all it can to increase productivity and alleviate a worldwide chip shortage, tight supplies will likely continue into next year.

Much more than Intel 

TSMC plans to invest $100 billion over the next three to increase capacity at its chipmaking plants, days after Intel announced a “more modest”  $20 billion plan to expand its advanced chip manufacturing capacity.

Kicking Pat Gelsinger might have shaken the Taiwan outfit 

TSMC shares fell nearly four per cent after Intel announced a $20 billion plan to expand its advanced chip manufacturing capacity.

21st century problems

While most people are not aware of it, Taiwan is suffering a significant drought, and there are fears that the chip producer TSMC might not have enough water to carry on.

5nm in the second quarter

TSMC is to start making Intel's Core i3 on its 5nm process in 2H21 according to beancounters at TrendForce.

Please make our chips

Intel has talked with TSMC and Samsung about the Asian companies making some of its best chips, but the Silicon Valley pioneer is still holding out hope for last minute improvements in its own production capabilities.