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Ed.'s note: The reason why US Senator Charles Schumer seeks to block Taiwan's TSMC microprocessor manufacturer from setting up a manufacturing facility in Arizona is because this wouldn't be in Israel's best interests. That's the bottom line. Readers would have to understand who Charles Schumer is and who he represents in the senate in order to understand why Schumer would take this position. Schumer is a powerful Jewish senator from New York and represents Jewish interests in the US. If this TSMC microprocessor manufacturing facility is built in Arizona, the thinking here is that Israel would be prevented from going through China and Taiwan to access this technology through its strengthening relation with Taiwan (see Israel and Taiwan: Closer and Closer). By bringing this technology back to the US this would mean Israel would have less access to this technology Israel and China need to power their respective high-tech industries. TSMC currently supplies China's Huawei with microprocessors for their smart phones. This planned $12 billion TSMC construction of a facility in Arizona is no small project, so Schumer's objection is warrantless unless it is to protect Israel's being able to access this technology. Keep in mind that Chandler, Arizona is where Intel is located.

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If one really thinks about this seriously, and the irony is, Charles Schumer is a "national security" threat even if half of what we are outlining here is correct. We have advocated strongly to bring this technology back to America and secure it, something the DoD appears to be in congruence with. Schumer presents a shockingly weak rebuttal for the decision by TSMC to build a microprocessor manufacturing plant in Arizona by TSMC writing in his letter that "a one-off investment like the proposed TSMC facility is inadequate to rebuilding U.S. manufacturing capacity in microelectronics, which is essential to U.S. national and economic security."  TSMC in Taiwan is the "tool shed" for the coming 4th industrial revolution and by allowing this technology into China would give China the future in military applications for A.I. (artificial intelligence).

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Korea's Sumsung is favorable to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Samsung challenging TSMC in microprocessor manufacturing announcing an $8 billion semiconductor facility to be built to challenge TSMC's dominance. Samsung corporate leaders continue visiting China to strengthen ties between South Korea and China. Samsung previously donated 30 million yuan, in cash and goods, including a million face masks and 10,000 pieces of protective covering to assist China during the corona "pandemic."

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Source: EE Times

Senators Seek Suspension of TSMC US Fab Project

By Alan Patterson | May 21, 2020

TAIPEI – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and two other Democratic Party senators have called for a suspension of a planned project by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to build a chip plant in the state of Arizona.

The latest move by the senators is a further evidence that politics continues to haunt TSMC, as EE Times surmised.

In a May 19 letter addressed to U.S Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, the senators requested the two Trump administration cabinet members to "cease any such negotiations or discussions" until the relevant authorization and appropriations committees have been briefed on plans, including any commitments the two departments have made to funding, tax breaks, licenses, or other incentives.

The announcement by TSMC last week was very likely motivated by a number of political factors, according to people who spoke to EE Times.

The choice of Arizona for the TSMC site was probably favored by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who wants to support a state run by a governor in his own Republican Party, according to Dick Thurston, former chief legal counsel at TSMC, in an interview with EE Times. "Arizona is one of the few remaining 'golden boys' in the Republican network," Thurston said. The Arizona decision was "not necessarily in the best interests of TSMC."

As President Trump campaigns for re-election, he keeps reiterating his pledge to bring back jobs that had earlier been shipped overseas. The semiconductor industry long ago shifted from the U.S., where it started, to Asian nations like South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Attracting TSMC to the U.S. appears to fulfill that pledge. It is also perceived as a way to slow China’s advance in 5G equipment production, another of Trump's policies.

In their letter, the senators expressed concern that the Department of Commerce and Department of Defense have been in negotiations with TSMC to build the facility, a project that may include the use of federal subsidies. The senators also questioned if the US government agencies have a broader strategy for building a diverse U.S. semiconductor manufacturing supply chain.

On May 15, TSMC announced it will build a 5nm fab in Arizona at a cost of about $12 billion with support from that state and the U.S. federal government. Hours after the TSMC news broke, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced new restrictions on HiSilicon that also impact TSMC.

"We have serious questions as to how this project takes into consideration national security requirements and how it aligns with a broader strategy for building a diverse U.S. semiconductor manufacturing supply chain," the letter said.

Production in China and America

Outside Taiwan, TSMC has a plant in the U.S. state of Washington that makes eight-inch silicon wafers. The company has more recently built a 12-inch facility in Nanjing, China and an 8-inch plant in Shanghai. In compliance with Taiwan regulations, TSMC keeps production technology at the Chinese fabs at least one generation behind its state-of-the-art manufacturing technology, which is currently at the 5nm node in Taiwan.

One possibility for TSMC in the future might be for TSMC to make chips for Chinese consumption in the Nanjing and Shanghai fabs while doing more sensitive production for U.S. consumption in its American fabs, according to a former U.S. State Department official who spoke to EE Times, on the condition of anonymity.

Most of TSMC'S production is in Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province. Since 1949, China has continuously used military and political pressure to unify with Taiwan, which has been autonomously ruled under its own government for more than seven decades.

Please go to EE Times to read the entire article.
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