EDITORIAL: Surviving the Chinese chip driveMore Taiwanese semiconductor companies, from chip designers to suppliers of equipment and raw materials, are feeling the pinch due to increasing competition from their Chinese peers, who are betting all their resources on developing mature chipmaking technologies in a push for self-sufficiency, as their access to advanced nodes has been affected by US tech curbs. That is an extreme case showing how determined Chinese semiconductor companies are to develop their own technology, advanced or mature, to reduce overseas reliance at any cost. Such determination is deeply felt by Taiwanese semiconductor companies across the whole supply chain. Taiwan’s leading semiconductor companies might be affected later, but contract chipmakers focusing on mature technologies are already feeling the pinch. Competition is worsening as more Chinese companies enter the market.

Source: Taipei Times September 19, 2023 03:43 UTC