The Taiwanese chip giant is considering setting up a second fab in Japan, and adding capacity to an $8.6 billion plant already under construction in the country

TSMC has previously blamed a "lack" of skilled workers for the slow pace of the fab's construction and also lobbied to bring more Taiwanese workers to help finish work the site

US unions have called on lawmakers not to grant visas to Taiwanese workers TSMC wants to bring in to get their Arizona plant back on track

The factory in Saxony, which will see auto parts maker Bosch and semiconductor makers Infineon and NXP each own 10% of the plant, is planned to open in 2027

The world's largest contract chipmaker said last week it was unable to fulfil customer demand driven by the surge in AI services

The new Arizona chip factory is due to be up and running by next year and a second fab making the most advanced chips set to start production in 2026

A government fund will buy JSR for $6.4bn in the latest move to boost the country’s chip industry which has also seen deals with TSMC and Samsung

The island's foreign minister said his government would not block investment in Europe, but the continent needed to "consider a broader picture" and think on Taiwan's 'situation'

The move will allow the chipmakers, which include Samsung, SK Hynix and TSMC, to continue to import US chipmaking tools to China for use in their existing fabs in the country

"The process of diversifying in different geographies is an excellent strategy by TSMC and so TSMC is now part of Nvidia's diversity and redundancy strategy," chief Jensen Huang said

The move by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was revealed in 13-F filings, which showed several other big funds had poured in millions in the Taiwanese chipmaker

The billionaire, who recently slashed his multi billion-dollar stake in Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, said he was 'pleasantly surprised' at the progress of recent Japanese investments