Taiwan chip giant TSMC announces second Japan plant

Taipei (AFP) Feb 6, 2024

TSMC will build a second foundry in Japan, the semiconductor giant and its local partners announced Tuesday, weeks before its first in the country officially opens. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - which counts Apple and Nvidia as clients - controls more than half the world's output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles. It has had to n