KUMAMOTO, Japan: Japan’s bid to revive its semiconductor dominance is reshaping the rural heart of Kumamoto, where billions in government-backed investment and the arrival of tech titan Taiwan ...

TSMC is mulling upgrading the capabilities of its yet-to-be-built Fab 23 phase 2 in Japan in a bid to make chips on its N4 process technology (4nm-class) there, according to Nikkei. Advancing fab ...

The plant in Kumamoto, which commenced construction in late October, was initially intended for 6-nm and 7-nm chips. A smaller nanometer size typically signals a more advanced, more powerful chip. The ...

TSMC (NYSE:TSM) plans to build a large scale gigafab cluster in Arizona following a major U.S. Taiwan trade agreement. The ...

In the AI boom of 2026, one company shines as a clear victor—regardless of who emerges as the leader in the chip wars: TSMC.

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has unleashed a historic, seemingly insatiable demand for advanced computing power. At the epicenter of this technological revolution stands one company: Taiwan ...

According to Nikkei, Yuichi Hotta, president of TSMC's Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), confirmed on December 19 that construction of the second ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited powers AI chips globally as U.S. fabs ramp. Click for an updated look at ...

On August 25, 2025, at the Japan-Taiwan Innovation Summit, Paul Liu, National Development Council (NDC) Minister and a board member of TSMC, addressed the incident involving the suspected illegal ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expanding chip production in Japan as part of a broader effort to diversify manufacturing beyond Taiwan. Japan’s appeal reflects a combination of ...

Just weeks before OpenAI unveiled its pioneering AI chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022, Berkshire spent US$4.12 billion buying ...