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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA The most important company you’ve never heard of is being dragged into the U.S.-China rivalry [Los Angeles Times] It’s been called Taiwan’s Silicon Shield, and without it much of modern life would cease. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, makes more than half the world’s contracted semiconductor chips and lies at the center of the technology supply chain, churning out circuitry found in iPhones, Amazon cloud computers, graphics processors that power popular video games and even military drones and fighter jets like Lockheed Martin’s F-35. ...

The most important company you've never heard of is being dragged into the U.S.-China rivalry David Pierson, Michelle Yun © (Adrià Fruitos / For The Times) (Adrià Fruitos / For The Times) It’s been called Taiwan’s Silicon Shield, and without it much of modern life would cease. Popular Searches Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, makes more than half the world's contracted semiconductor chips and lies at the center of the technology supply chain, churning out circuitry found in iPhones, Amazon cloud computers, graphics processors that power popular video ...

A series about the effect China’s global power is having on nations and people’s lives. Washington this month blacklisted Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., accusing it of being a front for the Chinese military and cutting it off from American equipment and investment. That raises the specter of Chinese retaliation against an American company such as Apple, which would in turn hurt TSMC. Beijing’s suggestion that it might invade Taiwan and return it to Chinese dominion could further imperil TSMC’s freedom. China has long yearned for a company as advanced as TSMC. It has...