Chips are the culmination of all human industrial civilization, the importance is self-evident, especially in recent years, the status of chip manufacturing has gradually become prominent, because the performance of chips is very dependent on advanced manufacturing processes. Whoever masters the most advanced chip manufacturing process can dominate the chip market, and TSMC has an absolute advantage in the manufacturing process, not only can mass-produce the most advanced 3nm process chips, but also in the power consumption and heat control of the chip is irreplaceable.
It is precisely because of TSMC's strength in the field of chip manufacturing that it has attracted the attention of Lao Mei. Previously, the old United States forced TSMC to hand over data on the grounds of national security, and asked TSMC to build factories in the United States on the condition of providing subsidies. In order for TSMC to bring advanced chip manufacturing technology to the United States, it can be described as coercion and inducement, and everything is used.
Under the heavy pressure of Laomei, TSMC had to charter a plane to transport personnel and equipment to the US factory, build a 5nm production line according to the requirements of Laomei, and be able to get subsidies from the US government. But TSMC still underestimated the United States' scheming after all, and after the subsidy list was announced, TSMC called it "miserable". Intel, Micron, Texas Instruments and other local chip companies in the United States receive most of these subsidies, respectively 32%, 21%, 14% of the chip subsidies, while TSMC only receives 10% of the subsidies, obviously TSMC's positive response to the final subsidy is far less than the local chip companies in the United States.
Recently, the United States has asked TSMC to build a 3-nanometer factory in addition to building a 5-nanometer factory, so that the pitiful subsidies that TSMC has just received have been taken out, and even have to pay for the construction of factories out of their own pockets.
In fact, before TSMC went to the United States to build a factory, Zhang Zhongmou said that it was difficult to make a profit in building a factory in the United States, so it was also a tearful official announcement recently, hoping that the United States could invest in TSMC, and said that TSMC is stronger in headquarters Taiwan to be more beneficial to the United States, but the current situation The United States does not regard TSMC as its own person, Intel and other American companies are "own sons".
If the above only caused TSMC to suffer a little skin trauma, then the next event is to make TSMC hurt and even die. As TSMC shipped talents and equipment to the United States and spent huge sums of money to build factories, major American companies began to reduce orders at TSMC or find Intel foundries. Qualcomm and Broadcom have said that they will consider cooperating with Intel, and TSMC's largest financial owner Apple Cook also revealed that it will consider cooperating with a factory in Arizona to produce chips, and the chip factory in Arizona must be known to everyone, that is, Intel.
In addition to this, before TSMC made additional investments and decided to build a new 3nm factory, American investment tycoon Warren Buffett and former Vice President Gole both bought a large amount of TSMC, but after these decisions, Buffett and Gower sold TSMC stock, Buffett sold nearly 90%, and Gower directly emptied.
These successive changes pressed TSMC breathless, and the future is also cast a thick shadow, so Zhang Zhongmou has recently spoken out frequently, hoping that the United States can abide by the agreement and invest more in TSMC, and then everyone must be very clear about what the old beauty is, the hegemony and greed of the United States exist in the bones, and we should have abandoned illusions long ago and studied core technologies in a down-to-earth manner in order to get rid of the dilemma of stuck necks.