AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More

Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by amelius on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:13PM (#44677470)

This is still TSMC's plant. I bet Taiwan has tight control over it.

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by patmcc on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:28PM (#44677605)

I think the risk here is Taiwan being invaded by China, in which case having some US-based production helps a lot.

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by jeremyjh on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:38PM (#44677671)

It would mean TSMC would basically become a US company, right?

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by nine_k on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:18PM (#44678405)

I suppose they have a US branch / subsidiary anyway?

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by jeremyjh on Saturday July 26, 2025 @09:20AM (#44693883)

Yes, every company that operates in the US and many that only import have US subsidiaries. This is true of all companies pretty much everywhere in the world. The government must have an entity it can tax, and a throat it can choke, but the subsidiary is answering to a parent and that is I think what would change if TSMC could no longer operate in Taiwan or was taken over by the party.

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by amelius on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:30AM (#44681287)

But do you think Taiwan will let the US get away with not helping them?

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