SemiconductorsA year after US hit Huawei, TSMC hometown basks in property boom
Surging bonuses and profits put pep into Taiwan's economy
Luxury condominiums near TSMC's headquarters: Hsinchu has become a hive of activity over the past year. (Photo by Yu Nakamura)
YU NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer
TAIPEI -- Tighter U.S. sanctions against China's Huawei Technologies announced in May 2020 shifted the global semiconductor supply chain in a way nobody had expected, with a flood of orders enriching Taiwanese foundries and changing the island's landscape.