Chipmakers trim spending by billions as COVID boom fades

Cost-saving could be tough for likes of TSMC and Intel amid race to build plants

20221115 TSMC

Chipmakers like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are adjusting spending plans as a chip shortage swings to a glut. © TSMC

YIFAN YU and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

PALO ALTO, U.S./TAIPEI -- Chipmakers are cutting costs and curtailing aggressive spending plans as a COVID-fueled boom in the semiconductor industry rapidly swings toward what some fear will be a longer than usual downturn.

Sponsored Content

About Sponsored ContentThis content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau.