TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is stepping up its evaluation of whether to build an advanced chip facility in the U.S. in response to pressure from Washington, which wants the world's biggest contract chipmaker to produce on American soil over security concerns.
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A TSMC plant in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. The chipmaker is also preparing another plant in the city but is considering the U.S. as a location to produce 2-nanometer chips. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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