The world’s largest contract chipmaker is under pressure to pick a side in the US-China rivalry for technological supremacy, posing a dilemma for a company that has become crucial to the global supply chain.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which has been thrust into the spotlight in the midst of a worldwide chips shortage, faces accusations of indirectly supplying China’s military. That has further embroiled the semiconductor group in the US campaign to curtail China’s access to high-tech components.
It has also posed a big question for TSMC and other Taiwanese groups on whether to commit themselves to the larger US market, or to faster-growing China.