Apple partner TSMC considers building powerful new chipsets in the U.S.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the largest independent foundry in the world. This means that it manufactures chips de...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the largest independent foundry in the world. This means that it manufactures chips designed by companies that do not own facilities to fabricate their own chips. Well known tech giants like Apple and Huawei have their integrated circuits produced by TSMC and you might be surprised to learn that Qualcomm and MediaTek rely on TSMC to produce their components.

Considering that it does manufacture the Kirin chipsets designed by Huawei's HiSilicon unit which are used on Huawei's phones, you'd expect TSMC to get caught ...

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