The briefing came in 2023, when the US was growing increasingly uneasy about China’s intentions toward Taiwan, on which America is heavily dependent for semiconductor chips.

The tech giant has occupied the seven-story, 251,000-square-foot space owned by Seattle Children's since 2014.

Apple designs its own chips. TSMC makes them. Apple has helped anoint TSMC as the world’s dominant chip manufacturer by ...

If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.

The company began 2nm volume production in late 2025, running concurrently at Fab 20 - located beside TSMC’s global R&D centre - and the newly completed Fab 22 in Kaohsiung. Fab 20 has now entered ...