Workers in a semiconductor plant in China. Taiwan dominates the world’s production of semiconductors, the data-processing “brains” in everything from smartphones to cruise missiles. The island of 24 million people produces more than half the world’s chips — and a single company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), makes 92 per cent of the most sophisticated designs. SponsoredThis has put the company — and Taiwan — on the front line of the battle for superpower supremacy between China and the US. Taiwan Semiconductor’s headquarters in Hsinchu.

Source: The Times April 17, 2022 11:01 UTC