Companies across the world from automotive to consumer electronics are holding their breath and are looking to the island of Taiwan in order to have the semiconductors they desperately need on the production chain. Tsmc, which is a global leader as a contractor in the sector, has assured that by June it will supply the precious components, despite the problems to be addressed such as the relocation of the production chain from China, the US-China trade war and a heavy drought that is compromising production in Taiwan.
Automotive chains remained in need of repair
The automotive situation is particularly serious, the know-how in semiconductors has become precious as never before.
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Companies have even relied on governments to solve the problem of shortage of components of vital importance for the sector.
The chairman of Tsmc, the giant that has become the main semiconductor manufacturer in a difficult context, moreover, in fact, in Taiwan there is no water, it does not rain, there have been no typhoons this year – which is normal in the area, in fact we have to go back up. even in the sixties to find another similar situation-, he is trying in every way to solve the problem.
The siege is particularly tight. But water is used to clean the pods of microchips and it is used in abundance, Taipei had long ago raised the alarm on the difficulties encountered.