TSMC is about to open its very first semiconductor manufacturing plant on American soil. Scheduled for 2024, the launch of a factory in Arizona is an event for Apple. TSMC is to date the only manufacturer known for the Apple brand. The companyTaiwanese should produce chips, notably M series, in the American factory.
Tim Cook has just confirmed that Apple will soon use “made in America” chips. Present on the TSMC factory site, the Apple boss was alongside Joe Biden when he confirmed the design of Apple chips in this factory.
TSMC factory in Arizona is just the beginning
Tim Cook continued his speech by explaining that this first production in Arizona was only the beginning, implying that other factories could see the light of day on Uncle Sam's soil in the coming years.
According to President Joe Biden, the return of semiconductor production to America is a real “game-changer” in the country’s political-economic struggle with China. The recent shortage of components has rightly highlighted the weaknesses of Western industry, forcing American, but also European, governments to radically change.
Europe must also build its own chips
In Francea first factory has already opened its doors. It produces semiconductors near Grenoble. If today a large part of these contracts have been signed with the automobile sector, President Emmanuel Macron is pleading for the solidification of links with the giants of new technologies in Europe.
Apple, but also Amazon and Google, have a level of demand for semiconductors that is well above the capacity of the European market. The slightest small contract won by the old continent could launch this industry and attract investors. They are today the missing link for massive production of semiconductors in France and Europe.
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