Asian and U.S. chipmakers are building and expanding facilities across America as the federal and state governments roll out incentives for investment. (Source photos by Yifan Yu, Samsung and TSMC)

Chipping in: How U.S. states woo the likes of TSMC and Samsung

Subsidies, big tax breaks and size of the workforce go into the equation

YIFAN YU and JACK STONE TRUITT, Nikkei staff writers

September 30, 2022 06:00 JST

PALO ALTO, U.S./NEW YORK -- Is $52 billion in cash from Washington enough to coax Asia's biggest chipmakers to set up plants in the U.S.? Apparently not.