Taiwan considers TSMC export ban that would prevent manufacturing its newest chip nodes in U.S.

By Anton Shilov – tom’s Hardware

Being concerned that TSMC’s expansion into the United States could dilute Taiwan’s semiconductor leadership, Taiwanese authorities are mulling setting a new export rule that would only let the world’s number-one foundry export technologies that are two generations behind its leading-edge production node, reports CNA. If this happens, this could slow down TSMC’s expansion in the U.S., as it currently relies on aggressive building of advanced fabs there.