The 'TSMC effect' comes to Arizona as U.S. pushes chip ambitions

Taiwan chipmaker's new high-tech plant has 'catalyzed' development in Phoenix

20221220 TSMC in US

TSMC is building an advanced chip plant in northern Phoenix, Arizona. Washington's push to bring more chipmaking to U.S. soil has been a boon for the desert state. (Photo by Hiromi Sato)

CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei Asia chief tech correspondent

PHOENIX, U.S. -- Yalin Chen Dorman has been a real estate agent in Phoenix, Arizona, for 10 years, but only recently has she found herself doing much business in the northern part of the desert city.

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