<story><title>Washington pressures TSMC to make chips in US</title><url>https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Exclusive-Washington-pressures-TSMC-to-make-chips-in-US</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Nokinside</author><text>I think there is a  geopolitical reason why most TSMC&amp;#x27;s 300mm GIGAFAB&amp;#x27;s and advanced backend fab are located in Taiwan (1 fab in China). &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tsmc.com&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;contact_us.htm#TSMC_fabs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tsmc.com&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;contact_us.htm#TSMC_fabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Concentrating geopolitical risk of TSMC operations makes Taiwan more important to the rest of the world. The US would naturally want to reduce this risk. In Taiwan-China conflict world chip production would take a huge hit or be in the danger of falling under Chinese rule.&lt;p&gt;If TSMC&amp;#x27;s leadership is patriotic, they should refuse this pressure as much as they can and ask more weapons for Taiwan instead.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sct202</author><text>The Taiwanese government owns 6% of TSMC, and all the leadership is based in Taiwan so I would imagine they&amp;#x27;d prefer to not endanger their family and friends.</text></comment>
<story><title>Washington pressures TSMC to make chips in US</title><url>https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Exclusive-Washington-pressures-TSMC-to-make-chips-in-US</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Nokinside</author><text>I think there is a  geopolitical reason why most TSMC&amp;#x27;s 300mm GIGAFAB&amp;#x27;s and advanced backend fab are located in Taiwan (1 fab in China). &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tsmc.com&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;contact_us.htm#TSMC_fabs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tsmc.com&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;contact_us.htm#TSMC_fabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Concentrating geopolitical risk of TSMC operations makes Taiwan more important to the rest of the world. The US would naturally want to reduce this risk. In Taiwan-China conflict world chip production would take a huge hit or be in the danger of falling under Chinese rule.&lt;p&gt;If TSMC&amp;#x27;s leadership is patriotic, they should refuse this pressure as much as they can and ask more weapons for Taiwan instead.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joe_the_user</author><text>Arguably, the situation is something of an incentive for peace since it makes the cost of war huge for all concerned.</text></comment>