Nangona i-European Union ngoku isungula uthotho lweeprojekthi zokuvuselela i-semiconductor, i-TSMC iphendule ngelithi akukho sicwangciso sokuseka i-fab eYurophu.
Ngokwengxelo ye-eeNews ngoFebruwari 16, iYurophu ithathela ingqalelo ukuchitha iibhiliyoni okanye amashumi ezigidi zeerandi ukuzama ukuphucula imeko yeshishini le-chip, kodwa abavelisi be-chip basekhaya nakweliphi na ilizwe le-EU abanakulindeleka ukuba bavelise iichips zetekhnoloji ephezulu. . Ke ngoko, "isiCwangciso esiBalulekileyo soMdla oqhelekileyo waseYurophu" (IPCEI) siye saqala ukomeleza iR & D kwicandelo lemiconductor ngenkxaso karhulumente.
Ukuze kutsalwe iinkampani eziphambili ezisekayo kwihlabathi ukuba ziseke iifektri apha, iJapan, i-United States kunye namanye amazwe azise izicwangciso zenkuthazo zikarhulumente ezihambelanayo, kwaye bafumana iimpendulo ezahlukileyo kwi-TSMC.
Eyasungulwa ngo-1987, i-TSMC yafumana uncedo oluqinileyo oluvela kwi-Philips Semiconductors ekuqaleni kokusekwa kwayo. Kudala ifuna "ukubuyela eYurophu", kodwa ihlala ibeka iliso elibukhali kumbuzo wokuba ingaba ukuseta iifektri ngaphakathi kwe-EU.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba ingaba i-TSMC iyakulixhasa icebo lokuvuselela i-semiconductor yase-Europe, uMaria Merced, uMongameli we-TSMC Yurophu, uxelele i-eeNews Yurophu ukuba: “Siqaphele i-IPCEI kunye namanye amanyathelo ahambelanayo. I-TSMC ayiyikhuphi ngaphandle nayiphi na into enokwenzeka, kodwa okwangoku akukho sicwangciso sithile sokuseka umzi mveliso eYurophu. "
Ukubaluleka kwehlabathi kubathengi be-semiconductor baseYurophu ikakhulu kugxile kwicandelo leetshipsi zeemoto, kwaye okwangoku kubambekile kwingxaki yokunqongophala kweemoto kwihlabathi liphela. Nangona i-GF kunye nezinye iinkampani ezibalulekileyo zokwenza imveliso zinemizi-mveliso eDresden, eJamani, uninzi lweefeks zaseYurophu ezingafakwanga kwelona nqanaba liphezulu lehlabathi elingaphantsi kwe-10nm, esisizathu esibalulekileyo sokuphehlelelwa kweprojekthi ye-IPCEI.