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The announcement offers further evidence that the $40 billion project, a showpiece of the Biden administration’s effort to remake the U.S. as a chip hub, is running into challenges.

Taiwanese chip maker TSMC expects to delay production at the second of two semiconductor plants it is building in Arizona.

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自動運転技術を使ったトラック物流を手掛けるトゥーシンプルのCEOが、最先端の半導体を米国外へ送るようスタッフに指示していたことが分かった。

The fate of two TSMC factories highlights different approaches in Tokyo and Washington toward high-tech investment.

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Some of the biggest U.S. companies in artificial intelligence have asked their Taiwanese manufacturing partners to step up production of AI-related hardware in Mexico, seeking to diminish reliance on China.

TSMC, which makes chips for customers such as Apple, has prepared for years for a quake.

The world’s most important semiconductor-manufacturing hub is also one of the world’s biggest earthquake hot spots, and it was put to the test Wednesday after a powerful quake. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing—which makes chips for customers such as Apple and occupies a critical place in the global electronics supply chain—has prepared for years for a quake, drawing on lessons from a 2011 disaster in Japan among others. TSMC briefly evacuated some of its locations Wednesday and suspended work at some plants after an estimated 7.4-magnitude quake struck eastern Taiwan.

TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chip maker, is reshaping its business to respond to booming AI-related demand, but capacity is “still not enough.”