by Ben Lovejoy from 9to5mac.com, May. 20, 2020 –
Plans for a $12 billion TSMC US plant to be built in Arizona raise serious national security and competition questions, say three Democrat senators.
Apple A-series chip supplier TSMC announced plans last week to build a chip fabrication plant in Arizona. It's expected that at least some of the chips made for iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs will be produced there...
Construction is expected to begin in 2021 and the first chips from the fab could be manufactured in 2024 [...] TSMC says the total spending on this project between 2021 and 2029 will be about $12 billion.