Taiwan chip giant TSMC announces second Japan plant
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Taipei (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
TSMC will build a second foundry in Japan, the semiconductor giant and its local partners announced Tuesday, weeks before its first in the country officially opens. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - which counts Apple and Nvidia as clients - controls more than half the world's output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles. It has had to n