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TSMC announced in 2020 that it will build a 5-nanometer wafer factory in Arizona, USA, and plans to mass production in 2024. In this regard, Liang Qiyuan, a concurrent researcher at the Economic Research Institute of Taiwan's "China Research Institute", analyzed that for the United States, the additional benefit is to consider the issue of "national security". He pointed out that since the United States wants to attract major manufacturers such as TSMC, it will pay for subsidies.
TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou On April 14, at the American think tank " Brookings Institution " event, it bluntly stated that producing wafer in the United States is an expensive, wasteful and futile thing, which has sparked discussions from the outside world.
Liang Qiyuan, who was once the chairman of the China Economic Research Institute in Taiwan, recently said in an exclusive interview with Hong Kong's "China Review News Agency" that considering factors such as the Sino-US trade war, the epidemic, and the Russian-Ukraine war, the emergence of anti-globalization is relatively unfavorable to the entire world economy, and of course it will have an impact, because this does not take into account comparative interests. For example, the United States wants to produce chips on its own and promote supply chain restructuring, so it is found that it is expensive and needs to be produced. Of course, it is not economical for these major manufacturers, but for the United States, the additional benefit is to consider the issue of "national security". Therefore, since the United States wants to attract large manufacturers such as TSMC, it pays for subsidies.
He interpreted that since some Japanese media recently questioned , the US Senate and House of Representatives, and have not reviewed and passed the bill to support the semiconductor industry by passing $52 billion, Zhang Zhongmou's remarks are putting pressure on the US government.
Liang Qiyuan pointed out that some people in Taiwan will worry that TSMC will leave, causing the high-tech industry to be hollowed out, the loss of high-level talents, and employment, but in fact, the concern that has a greater impact on the economy is not here. The biggest worry and problem is insufficient power. The problem now is insufficient power supply. The main reason is that there are problems with the energy policy of the DPP authorities. However, Taiwan’s energy problem is non-energy and non-economic factors, and there are political considerations, so everyone can only bear it together.
