TSMC's 3rd plant in Japan expected as early as 2030: Taiwan minister

"Experienced engineers are essential in producing advanced chips," the minister said in an interview with Kyodo News on the sidelines of a forum in Tokyo. "Japan lacks enough experience, so (such skilled engineers) will not be available until 2030 or later."

Kuo Jyh-huei, minister of economic affairs, speaks too directly. You have to butter it up and lay it on real thick in Japan.

Great news for Taiwan , they building huge plants here and importing their own staff to make sure its done right !

@bo What do you mean? Done right? Do you think Japanese don't know anything about chip making? Japanese had 50% share of the semi-conductor market in the 80s. And Tokyo Electron is the second biggest maker of chip making equipment! Japan is a leading supplier of semiconductor materials, including photoresists, silicon wafers, and other chemicals. When Japan put trade restrictions on these chemicals to Korea a few years ago they were struggling to produce chips!

Japanese had 50% share of the semi-conductor market in the 80s. 

What do you think happened to that share of the market? Did the U.S. have anything to do with ur?

Toshiba and the US of A. Huawei has Japan to thank for the lessons learned.

quercetumToday 03:42 pm JST

Japanese had 50% share of the semi-conductor market in the 80s. 

What do you think happened to that share of the market? Did the U.S. have anything to do with ur?

TSMC and Japan's moribund approach to innovation had everything to do with it.

@quercetum Yes! The U.S. had everything to do with it!

With a smile on her face, American Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley took turns with fellow lawmakers to swing sledgehammers and smash a Toshiba stereo on the grounds of the Capitol. 

“Treachery by any other name is still treachery,” Bentley told the assembled journalists. “But if it had another name, it would be Toshiba.”

The incident occurred in July 1987, when the Japanese electronics giant faced controversy centred around the United States’s national interests and its quest to maintain tech hegemony on a global stage. 

One of Toshiba’s divisions had sold a critical piece of technology to the former Soviet Union, aiding it in developing advanced submarines. Such exchanges with the Soviet military at the peak of the Cold War were seen as a cardinal sin by the American lawmakers. 

As a result, the US hit Toshiba with sanctions and millions of dollars in revenue were wiped off its books as its products faced heavy import duties and American firms cut ties with the company. 

Realising the importance of the US market, executives at the Japanese firm — which produced a range of products from batteries, televisions, and laptops to nuclear power plants — took out full-page advertisements in dozens of US-based newspapers apologising to the public. Heads rolled at Toshiba. Many senior staff members were fired.

mountainpearToday 07:56 pm JST

One of Toshiba’s divisions had sold a critical piece of technology to the former Soviet Union, aiding it in developing advanced submarines. Such exchanges with the Soviet military at the peak of the Cold War were seen as a cardinal sin by the American lawmakers.

And you are surprised that this angered the US? Fascinating.