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TSMC is spending $65B in Arizona so the US at least gets a big fab out of it.


It’s trailing edge. TSMC is doing it to soak up subsidies, deny it to others and avoid stick policy solutions. But they will never put leading edge outside of Taiwan, and should they become a true monopoly with Intel and Samsung throwing in the towels then it will become very unpleasant.




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