Taiwan to increase chip production after shortage hits carmakers
AFP/Taipei Filed on February 2, 2021
Taiwan’s high-tech chip foundries are some of the world’s biggest and most advanced, and so European car manufacturers have been reaching out to Taipei for help.
Semiconductor shortages, caused by supply chain priorities changing because of the coronavirus pandemic, have hampered car production in recent weeks
Taiwan on Thursday said it will try to ramp up production of vital computer chips after shortages hit the global auto industry, with some major manufacturers forced to suspend production lines.
Semiconductor shortages, caused by supply chain priorities changing because of the coronavirus pandemic, have hampered car production in recent weeks.
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KMT urges ‘vaccines for chips’ to help medical staff
Staff writer, with CNA
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Friday urged the government to protect Taiwan’s frontline healthcare staff by trading locally produced semiconductor chips for COVID-19 vaccines from other countries.
“KMT legislators are deeply concerned about the [cluster of infections] at Taoyuan General Hospital and have expressed this to the caucus,” KMT caucus whip Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) said.
The first case linked to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s hospital was confirmed on Jan. 12.
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are pictured at an elderly care facility in Premnitz, Germany, on Dec. 30 last year.
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Biden administration officials have called an ad-hoc meeting next week with Taiwan government and industry officials, during which they’re expected to pressure Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and its peers to ramp up the supply of vital chips to American automakers.
The virtual conference scheduled for Thursday would be the most high-profile meeting between newly appointed Biden administration officials and their counterparts from Taipei. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Murray and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Richard Steffens are scheduled to confer with Taiwan Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua, people familiar with the matter said. Executives from the island’s largest chipmakers including TSMC and MediaTek Inc. will also attend a discussion centered on resolving a global shortage of auto chips, they said.
U.S. to Press Taiwan, TSMC to Resolve Auto Chip Crunch
Debby Wu, Bloomberg News A silicon wafer made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is arranged for a photograph at the company s headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photographer: Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg , Photographer: Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Biden administration officials have called an ad-hoc meeting next week with Taiwan government and industry officials, during which theyâre expected to pressure Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and its peers to ramp up the supply of vital chips to American automakers.
The virtual conference scheduled for Thursday U.S. time would be the most high-profile meeting between newly appointed Biden administration officials and their counterparts from Taipei. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Murray and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Richard Steffens are scheduled to confer with Taiwan Minist