The issue has become particularly thorny in Taiwan, home to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), which accounts for more than half of the global contract chipmaking market. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co general counsel Sylvia Fang is pictured at the Hsinchu Science Park on Wednesday. Photo: Grace Hung, Taipei Times“TSMC absolutely will not hand over sensitive information, particularly client data,” TSMC general counsel Sylvia Fang (方淑華) told reporters on Wednesday. The Joongang Daily also cited unidentified people at local chipmakers as saying that they might have a difficult time complying with the requests. In the questionnaire, chipmakers were asked to comment on inventories, backlogs, delivery times, procurement practices and what they were doing to increase output.

Source: Taipei Times October 07, 2021 15:56 UTC