The Biden administration in the United States has announced that it will provide approximately 1 trillion yen in subsidies to Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC to build a factory to produce cutting-edge semiconductors in the United States.
On the 8th, the Biden administration of the United States announced that it will provide subsidies of up to $6.6 billion, or approximately 1 trillion yen in Japanese yen, to Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract manufacturer of semiconductors.
TSMC is building two factories in the western state of Arizona, and with the help of subsidies, the second factory will produce semiconductors with cutting-edge circuit widths of 2 nanometers.
Additionally, in addition to the 2 nano, a third factory will be built to produce even higher-performance semiconductors.
As a result, TSMC's investment in the Arizona factory will total 65 billion dollars, or 9.8 trillion yen in Japanese yen.
President Biden said, ``Not producing cutting-edge semiconductors domestically has exposed the United States to serious economic and national security vulnerabilities, but this will bring back semiconductor manufacturing and jobs to the United States.'' I emphasized the significance.
In March, the Biden administration announced that it would also provide up to $8.5 billion in subsidies to semiconductor manufacturer Intel.
As President Biden seeks re-election in the autumn presidential election, he is expected to aim to strengthen the supply chain for cutting-edge semiconductors to compete with China, as well as to promote support for the domestic manufacturing industry and job creation. You can