According to the latest news, my country's electronic chip giant TSMC will give up the mainland market and move to the United States collectively. Then the same move occurred in Foxconn , bringing all technicians to the United States and establishing factories in the United States. The United States also promised to provide corresponding subsidies. However, when Foxconn went to the United States to start building factories, the United States did not fulfill its promise. The labor cost of the United States was very high, and Foxconn eventually failed to take over. Then TSMC was invited by the United States and also promised to provide high subsidies. Then Will TSMC's relocation be successful ?
1. What is TSMC?
TSMC was established in 1987 and is the world's first professional integrated circuit manufacturing service company. It provides services to about 535 customers a year and produces more than 12,302 products. It is widely used in various terminal markets, such as smartphones, high-efficiency computing, Internet of Things, automotive electronics and consumer electronics products, etc. At present, TSMC's market share exceeds 60% in the entire chip manufacturing industry. In the world's most advanced chip market of 5-10nm, TSMC almost monopolizes 90% of the market share of . This shows the importance of TSMC to our country, not only talents but also high-tech technology. It also caused a chain blow to the chip manufacturing industry and electronic consumer industry in mainland China.
2. Why did TSMC move to the United States?
So why did TSMC move to the United States? There are our own reasons, and there are also reasons why the United States is eyeing TSMC chip nm technology.
First, the Chinese market is blocked from the impact of the epidemic, which often leads to the failure of production capacity to keep up with it, which seriously affects the progress of the company. The US market will not be affected by the epidemic and there will be no shortage of labor. Secondly, China's treatment of scientific and technological talents is not as good as that of foreign countries, and many high-tech talents have not been given preferential treatment. Third, during the epidemic, some administrators used the chicken card as a command arrow and made some unreasonable actions, which caused the employees of these companies to complain and feel dissatisfied. Therefore, when the company decided to move to the United States, they moved their families. There was no intention of returning to China at all.
On the other hand, the United States is eyeing this chip, not only promising to give green cards to technicians sent by TSMC. And promised to give them subsidies. These are the reasons why they moved to the United States.
3. What impact will TSMC move to the United States have on us?
The most direct impact of TSMC's move to the United States is that it will cause many people to lose their jobs. Of course, Taiwan has the greatest impact, and TSMC is one of the most important companies on Taiwan’s island. Economically, TSMC, as the leader of the world's chip manufacturing industry, even though the COVID-19 pandemic caused severe impact on the international industrial chain and supply chain and many chip manufacturers were shut down, the Taiwan economy can still maintain growth in adversity, so it is also called the "Island Protection Mountain" by the people on the island. In 2021, semiconductors alone accounted for 34.8% of Taiwan's exports, which reflects TSMC's economic strength in Taiwan.
At the same time, TSMC's move to the United States will also have a certain impact on my country's chip market, and the United States is gradually implementing the sanctions on chips that it just issued this year, and we must firmly grasp the core technology of chips in our own hands. This may develop slowly in the next few years, but as a Chinese nation that is becoming more and more courageous, these difficulties cannot stop us from moving forward. It seems that there will be a short-term impact at present. However, I believe that in this adversity, it will stimulate our will and accelerate our mastery and development of chip technology, so that we can master chip technology faster, and stay at the forefront of technological innovation , so as to realize our vision of a strong country in science and technology as soon as possible.
4. Will TSMC succeed?
moves to the United States exactly the same as Foxconn back then. Although it has not moved all the industries, almost 80% of the core technologies in the industry are ready to move to the United States.These talents still use the technical talents they have been trained, but many grassroots laborers in , labor-intensive industry, , will be re-enlisted from the US market. This cost is basically more than twice that of the domestic market. It is conceivable how much the labor cost will increase when going to the US? And after TSMC goes to the United States to develop, domestic related companies will also seize these opportunities to rise rapidly and achieve self-sufficiency in domestic chips. And TSMC will gradually lose its position as a chip manufacturing giant. So let’s wait and see if he can successfully build a factory in the United States!
However, the environment in our country still needs to be changed. The treatment of scientific and technological talents needs to be improved. Talent cultivation is not a matter of overnight. Every talent consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and the loss of every talent makes us sad. We cannot let those who make silent contributions and do not show up and work hard for our country's development be heartbroken.
