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Title: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visits Taiwan to secure a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the stat
Post by: libertybele on August 30, 2022, 03:46:04 pm

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visits Taiwan to secure a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the state

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey traveled to Taiwan on Tuesday to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss a multibillion-dollar semiconductor manufacturing deal.

Arizona is set to build a $12 billion Phoenix plant for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., reported the Associated Press. TSMC announced last year that it would be investing $3.5 billion in the new U.S. factory.

Intel Corp. announced in March 2021 that it would fund two additional Arizona semiconductor factories. The company has been manufacturing in the state since 1980 and plans to invest another $20 billion in the additional facilities.

Governor Ducey and Arizona's Chamber of Commerce president and head of economic development were the latest U.S. officials to visit Taiwan, despite repeated warnings from China. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb traveled to the self-governing island last week to strengthen foreign relations and discuss the processor chip industry.

Semiconductors are crucial for nearly all electronics, such as smartphones, computers, high-tech weapons systems, medical devices, and vehicles. In December 2021, Reuters reported that TSMC produced more than 90% of the world's processor chips.

The semiconductor industry was invented in Silicon Valley, but Taiwan now dominates the market. According to Fast Company, Intel produced nearly 40% of the world's output of processor chips in the 1990s...............

https://www.theblaze.com/news/arizona-governor-visits-taiwan

Title: Re: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visits Taiwan to secure a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the
Post by: Cyber Liberty on August 30, 2022, 08:30:14 pm

TSMC already has a large presence in AZ.  I used to test their product in my R&D job before I retired, and they make high-quality wafers.

Title: Re: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visits Taiwan to secure a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the
Post by: HikerGuy83 on August 31, 2022, 02:04:06 am

That's gonna screw up the state as it bring in more Californians.

Title: Re: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visits Taiwan to secure a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the
Post by: DB on August 31, 2022, 02:19:15 am

Quote from: HikerGuy83 on August 31, 2022, 02:04:06 am

That's gonna screw up the state as it bring in more Californians.

Hey now...

Title: Re: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visits Taiwan to secure a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the
Post by: Cyber Liberty on August 31, 2022, 02:25:11 am

Quote from: HikerGuy83 on August 31, 2022, 02:04:06 am

That's gonna screw up the state as it bring in more Californians.

Probably more Taiwanese folks.  TSMC already employs a ton of Arizonans.