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crunchypuddle t1_ixvn1rw wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Taiwan's TSMC founder says 3nm fab will be built in US by jussulent_tummy

You seem to know so I'll ask.

How did the U.S. twist their arm? Was there something in the news indicating the company was being strong armed?

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_zenith t1_ixx0xnl wrote

It’s not explicit, so far as I’m aware, but there are a number of very public programs to massively fund semiconductor development domestically, so no doubt people there saw the writing on the wall: “hey so if you move here you won’t lose everything if invaded, and also even if you weren’t, if you didn’t move here we would just fund your competitors who did/were already here”

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