Semi Tough

There are many reasons to move more chipmaking to the US, not the least of which is that having so much production in a country that China constantly threatens is of great geopolitical concern. But moving the operations of a leading chip manufacturing company like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to a US state like Arizona is proving to be more complicated than people thought. And they thought it was gonna be pretty damn complicated. NYT (Gift Article): What Works in Taiwan Doesn’t Always Work in Arizona, a Chipmaking Giant Learns. “TSMC is known for its rigorous working conditions. It’s not uncommon for people to be called into work for emergencies in the middle of the night. In Phoenix, some American employees quit after disagreements over expectations boiled over.”