A farkon Fabrairu na wannan shekara, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS)
Tare da wannan yanayin, wakilin Morgan Stanley ya tambayi Shugaba CC Wei a taron samun kuɗin shiga na TSMC na kwata-kwata game da sha'awar kamfanin na samun sabbin kasuwanci a wajen Taiwan. Amsar daga shugaban TSMC ta kasance laconic sosai: "Babu irin waɗannan tsare-tsaren yanzu." Nan da nan Wei ya kara da cewa, idan wani nau'in ciniki ya bayyana a sararin sama wanda ya dace da muradun dabarun TSMC, to mutum na iya yin tunani game da siyan kadarori da kwace wasu kamfanoni, amma babu irin wadannan tsare-tsare a nan gaba.
TSMC ya kasance mai hannun jari na VIS, don haka a kaikaice ya shiga cikin siyan kamfanin GlobalFoundries na Singapore, wanda ya gada daga Chartered Semiconductor a 2009. A bara, an tilasta GlobalFoundries ta yarda cewa tana yin watsi da haɓaka fasahar 7nm. "Tsaron makamai na lithographic" ya zama mai tsada sosai ga babban abokin tarayya na AMD, kuma bayan siyar da Fab 3E zuwa VIS, tattaunawa game da yiwuwar haɓaka tsarin kadari na GlobalFoundries ya zama akai-akai.
Koyaya, ga TSMC ragowar kasuwancin GlobalFoundries ba abinci bane mai daɗi kwata-kwata. Kamfanin samar da kwangiloli na Taiwan yana saka hannun jari wajen gina sabbin masana'antu, wadanda za su kware wajen samar da 5-nm har ma da 3-nm a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa. Sake yin na wani sau da yawa yana da wahala fiye da gina naka daga karce. Daga wannan ra'ayi, bukatun TSMC sun fi dacewa ta hanyar "ci gaban kwayoyin halitta" ta hanyar gina sababbin masana'antu da kanta.
source: 3dnews.ru