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Leading chipmakers TSMC and Samsung are discussing mega factory building projects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a report published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The source report indicates that investments of $100 billion or more are being considered. However, neither TSMC nor Samsung confirmed any specific plans. To be clear, we aren’t talking about a TSMC and Samsung hook-up in the UAE; they would invest and build in the region separately.
According to the WSJ, top TSMC executives have recently visited the UAE to explore expanding manufacturing operations. Interestingly, the world’s largest contract chipmaker “talked about a plant complex on par with some of the company’s largest and most advanced facilities in Taiwan,” said unnamed people familiar with the matter. Projects like this could be worth more than $100 billion, according to the WSJ.
The claims regarding TSMC are undoubtedly eye-catching, if not a little superstitious, as the Taiwanese firm is well known for limiting its crown jewels, its top technologies, to facilities on its home turf. Even its newest factories in old and trusted allied nations like the USA, Germany, and Japan don’t tread on the toes of its most advanced facilities in Taiwan – so why should the UAE be any different?
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