Kikuyo, Japan, where TSMC opened a factory. Taiwan’s semiconductor giant is quickly remaking the farm town in Japan into Asia’s next chip manufacturing hub with enormous government support. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is transforming the small Japanese farm town of Kikuyo into a key node in Asia’s chip supply chain.
TSMC, as the company is known, dominates the global semiconductor business. At its home base in Taiwan, TSMC sits at the centre of a web of factories, suppliers and engineering firms.
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