Tag: taiwan

• Eswatini Builds Dam With Chinese Firm Despite Taiwan Ties – The China-Global South Project

  August 2, 2025

  Eswatini partners with China’s Sinohydro on a major dam project despite Taiwan ties, sparking diplomatic friction and local labor disputes. https://chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/eswatini-sinohydro-dam-project-taiwan-china-tensions/ more ›

• Intelligence Squared: How will Taiwan shape Asia’s future? With Chris Horton

  July 27, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/QUyFAWu The issue of Taiwan is a constant background hum in today’s news cycle. Perched precariously on the fault-lines of global power, the fate of this vibrant democracy and… more ›

• I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory

  March 26, 2023

  By revenue, TSMC is the largest semiconductor company in the world. In 2020 it quietly joined the world’s 10 most valuable companies. It’s now bigger than Meta and Exxon. The… more ›

• ASML: engineering the future in fine detail

  February 26, 2023

  All investment strategies have the potential for profit and loss, capital is at risk. Past performance is not a guide to future returns. https://www.bailliegifford.com/en/uk/individual-investors/insights/ic-article/2022-q4-asml-engineering-the-future-in-fine-detail-10016241/ more ›

• We toured Intel’s advanced chip making site in Oregon. Here’s how it works.

  July 30, 2022

  HILLSBORO, Ore. — To create a beam of ultraviolet radiation precise enough to print the world’s most advanced microchips, one of the most expensive tools in the world sprays microscopic… more ›

• Why America Will Lose Semiconductors

  July 10, 2022

  The US has always been the world leader in semiconductors: design, manufacturing, and the tools to produce them. Semiconductors are the base of all technological innovation in computing and information… more ›

• The Apple-TSMC Partnership

  March 10, 2022

  The TSMC-Apple partnership has been one of the defining relationships of the mobile computing era. Without Apple as a predictable, high volume and demanding customer, it is unlikely that TSMC… more ›

• Why the global chip shortage is making it so hard to buy a PS5

  September 12, 2021

  Since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for microchips has far exceeded supply, causing problems in every industry that relies on computers. And if you’re a Decoder listener, you… more ›

• China, Semiconductors, and the Push for Independence – Part 1

  September 5, 2021

  Hi folks, I’m on holiday for the rest of August (billings are paused for premium subscribers and no premium sign-ups until then). I’m happy to introduce our first guest post… more ›

• The Chip Shortage Keeps Getting Worse. Why Can’t We Just Make More?

  May 9, 2021

  Shortages of semiconductors are battering automakers and tech giants, raising alarm bells from Washington to Brussels to Beijing. The crunch has raised a fundamental question for policymakers, customers and investors:… more ›