As we all know, the current advanced semiconductor process technology is basically in the hands of the two wafer foundries of TSMC and Samsung . Among them, TSMC is the most advanced, Qualcomm , Apple , NVIDIA , AMD are all his customers. Currently, TSMC has a market share of more than 55%, making it a well-deserved industry leader.
However, such a company has recently done something that makes many people feel outraged. Since TSMC will hold a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of the "first batch of manufacturing equipment" in Arizona in December, TSMC specially Packed ten planes, carrying many technical talents and related equipment for chip manufacturing, and flew thousands of miles to the United States .
Many netizens ridiculed that the ten planes of are the "national protector" of the United States, to help the United States realize the dream of high-end chip manufacturing.
However, TSMC's talent transfer with such a big move still made many people worried, so someone asked the relevant person in charge: Will the TSMC package opportunity cause a brain drain? Will it lead to the "hollowing of talents" in Taiwan, China?
Who knew that the person in charge was vague, he answered hesitantly: This is a normal phenomenon of corporate investment and construction said that only a few hundred people went to the United States to build a factory this time. Affect the normal production of TSMC Taiwan factory.
But no one believed her words at all, because there are high and low talents. Obviously, the TSMC employees who went to the United States on the chartered flight this time are all TSMC's cutting-edge talents.
However, a TSMC employee broke the news that these TSMC engineers who went to the United States to build factories not only have less wages than American employees of the same level, but also the relevant regulations on overtime work must be implemented in accordance with the requirements of the Taiwan headquarters, cannot do it in Equal pay and equal rights for Americans are ridiculed as "the treatment is not as good as that of foreign workers".
In fact, many people know that the reason why TSMC is going to build a factory in the United States is even a bit flattering. The reason is that TSMC itself is highly dependent on American technology and American customers. In other words, it may be more vivid: faces the sanctions of the old and the United States, Huawei can survive and survive, but TSMC is not necessarily, because he relies too much on American customers, American technology, and American products .
The American company Apple is TSMC's largest customer. The American Pan-Lin Group and Applied Materials Company are important suppliers of TSMC. It can be said that TSMC, which has been deeply "kidnapped" by the United States, can only meet the requirements of the United States as much as possible. , but there is no way to deal with it.
Therefore, some American media said that TSMC will go to the United States to build a factory this time.
Last year, the United States required TSMC and other manufacturers to hand over relevant data on chip foundries. Although this violated TSMC's corporate principle of keeping customers confidential, it was finally on November 5 last year. TSMC still honestly submitted the data, to put it bluntly Now, he has no way to deal with the unreasonable demands of the United States, so he can only resign.
Finally, this incident also reminds everyone that TSMC seems to be the number one presence in the industry, but its high dependence on the United States makes him at the mercy of others. One day TSMC will "wake up", we can only overcome difficulties and realize the localization of technology.
