Comment by mrtksn
4 days ago
That narrative doesn't make sense, making Taiwanese build and run a factory in USA is not much different than an oil rich Arab country luring a western institution opening a campus in their desert. Its good to have but it doesn't make you a superconductor superpower.
To be fair, the USA does have many of the key companies and technologies that make these ICs possible in first place so it's not exactly like that but in the case of TSMC it kind of is.
Top 5 Countries That Produce the Most Semiconductors:
According to https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/semicondu... the US has 95 fabs as of 2024 and 12% of Advanced Processes Market Share. The US had 37% in the 1990
Germany has 22
France has 5
Spain has 1
UK has 16
Ireland has 3
Italy has 2
Sweden has 1
Finland has 1
It's simpler than that. The USA holds the majority of the IP.