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A recent poll indicates half of Taiwanese respondents believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is becoming a U.S.-focused entity following substantial investments in the United States, a move initiated under pressure from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Concerns in Taiwan regarding the company\u2019s trajectory have grown since TSMC committed to investments reported to be in the \u201chundreds of billions\u201d of dollars to establish major operations on U.S. soil. The perception of the company shifting away from its home base was intensified by earlier rumors that the United States government was considering acquiring a stake in TSMC. A poll conducted by the newspaper UDN has now quantified this sentiment, revealing that 50% of the Taiwanese public surveyed is concerned about TSMC evolving into what is being called \u201cTSMC of the United States\u201d or \u201cUS-SMC.\u201d The publication noted that some scholars and experts believe this transformation may already be underway, stating that the strategic deployment by the U.S. toward the chipmaker has presented challenges to Taiwan\u2019s domestic semiconductor industry.<\/p>\n
Academics have weighed in on the strategic motivations behind the U.S. push. A professor at National Chengchi University, a prominent political science school in Taiwan, stated that the Trump administration\u2019s objective is to have TSMC produce not only cutting-edge nodes but also advanced packaging technologies within the United States. This expert also articulated that TSMC\u2019s presence is a key national asset that significantly elevates Taiwan\u2019s geopolitical importance to the U.S., particularly in the context of evolving relations between Taiwan and China. The professor suggested that without the chip giant\u2019s critical role, Taiwan\u2019s strategic value to the United States would be dramatically reduced. The shift of some operations to the U.S. is seen as part of a larger strategic aspiration beyond immediate geopolitical concerns.<\/p>\n
Trump administration discusses Intel stake for US manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n The move is also heavily influenced by commercial and economic factors. TSMC\u2019s most significant clients are predominantly American technology companies, including NVIDIA, Apple, Broadcom, and AMD, all of which rely on sourcing the most advanced semiconductor nodes available. The Trump administration prioritized the reshoring of manufacturing to the U.S. and utilized trade policy as a form of leverage. This created a powerful incentive for technology companies and their suppliers to invest in U.S. facilities to secure government support and mitigate the risk of substantial tariffs. TSMC\u2019s expansion of its U.S. operations is considered a necessary part of this broader industrial shift from East to West.<\/p>\n Despite the expansion in the U.S. and the resulting public perception in Taiwan, the core of TSMC\u2019s technological and research capabilities remains based on the island. The company continues to conduct its primary research and development for its most advanced technologies, such as the upcoming N2 node, within Taiwan. The majority of the firm\u2019s top engineering talent is also located in Taiwan, ensuring that critical intellectual property and semiconductor \u201crecipes\u201d are developed and retained domestically. Furthermore, high-end manufacturing for the most advanced nodes currently occurs exclusively in TSMC\u2019s fabs in Taiwan, not in its overseas facilities. This indicates that while the company has diversified its global footprint with a clear inclination toward the U.S., it has maintained its foundational technology and innovation hub in its home country.<\/p>\n Featured image credit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent poll indicates half of Taiwanese respondents believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is becoming a U.S.-focused entity following substantial investments in the United States, a move initiated under pressure from the Trump administration. Concerns in Taiwan regarding the company\u2019s trajectory have grown since TSMC committed to investments reported to be in the \u201chundreds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technologies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}