Taiwan: $ 100 billion to deal with microchip shortage
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Faced with the global chip shortage, Taiwanese semiconductor maker TSMC wants to invest $ 100 billion to manufacture chips to meet market expectations.
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Taiwanese TSMC
is the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors that are critical electronic components for the automotive industry, but also to the sectors of high technology.
By investing 100 billion dollars the Taiwanese wants to intensify the production capacity of its electronic chips.
The pandemic, but also the trade war between China and the United States, has exploded the global demand for chips, causing a shortage.
The automotive industry is one of the most affected sectors, many manufacturers Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen have had to slow down in their factories all over the world.
The video game industry has also suffered from supply disruptions.
Respond to rising demand
With this investment, the Taiwanese manufacturer intends to respond to the increase in demand linked to the deployment of infrastructure for 5G, in order to preserve its dominant position.
Taiwan, China, Japan and South Korea represent, in fact, 70% of the world market.
Faced with competition from Asia, the American giant Intel has also decided to increase its production capacities.
He will invest $ 20 billion to build two factories in Arizona.
► Read also: The shortage of electronic chips affects the production of the automotive giant General Motors
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