In December 2022, 91-year-old TSMC founder Morris Chang stood in front of a giant factory in Phoenix, Arizona, and the audience were the most powerful semiconductor decision makers on the planet- Apple CEO Cook, Nvidia founder Huang Jensen, AMD Chairman Lisa Su, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, ASML CEO Peter Wennink. Of course, there is also US President Biden who is over 80 years old. They came together for TSMC's 3nm fab. Everyone present was happy, but Morris Chang was sad. He understands that this is probably the brightest moment for semiconductors in Taiwan, but it is also the saddest moment.

He briefly reviewed the history of TSMC in the United States, and then murmured a famous sentence, "Globalization is almost dead, at least for a while, they will not come back." This sentence seems to be said for himself, it also seems to be said to the people of Taiwan. This "big relocation" has triggered a series of negative reactions in Taiwan, and there are endless voices criticizing TSMC.

Therefore, relevant people from TSMC were forced to come out and "clarify" repeatedly, saying that TSMC will still keep the most advanced process technology on the island: the 1nm process is confirmed to land in the Longtan Park in Hsinchu, and the total investment may exceed 32 billion US dollars. After hearing this, the people of Taiwan feel relieved. They think: 1 nanometer is equal to one-third of 3 nanometers; TSMC's capacity is three times that of US Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.; TSMC is still the pride of Taiwan...

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