Hacker News with Generative AI: Taiwan

With Trump's Help, Intel Could Hand Control of Chip Plants to TSMC (nytimes.com)
Intel, a fallen Silicon Valley icon trying to restore its reputation as America’s most prominent semiconductor company, is working with the Trump administration on a plan to turn over the operation of its chip-making plants to a giant Taiwanese rival.

Politics, Technology, Business, Semiconductors, Taiwan

10 points by osnium123 7 days ago | 11 comments

TSMC faces tough choices amid rumors for Intel foundry collaboration (techsoda.substack.com)
Following a routine board meeting that did not present any surprises to the market, TSMC executives, alongside Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, are set to engage in negotiations with the U.S. government, according to industry sources.

Semiconductors, Business, Taiwan, United States, Intel

133 points by walterbell 8 days ago | 159 comments

Teens across Asia migrate to Taiwan for promises of semiconductor jobs (restofworld.org)
Taiwan faces rising labor shortages in semiconductor factories. Some openings are filled by high-school and college students who work as interns, doing basic operations and maintenance. The students need to go back to university to qualify for higher-skilled engineering positions.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Labor Shortages, Education, Asia

8 points by Brajeshwar 8 days ago | 0 comments

Teens across Asia migrate to Taiwan for promises of semiconductor jobs (restofworld.org)
Before Dang Nhut Hao came to Taiwan, he knew nothing about semiconductors.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Labor Migration, Asia

10 points by impish9208 9 days ago | 2 comments

Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware (techcrunch.com)
Taiwanese hardware maker Zyxel says it has no plans to release a patch for two actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting potentially thousands of customers.

Cybersecurity, Hardware, Vulnerability, Taiwan

4 points by impish9208 16 days ago | 1 comments

g0v, Taiwan's open source, open "shadow" government (wikipedia.org)
The g0v movement, or g0v, (pronounced gov-zero /ɡʌvziroʊ/) is an open source, open government collaboration started by Chia-liang Kao ("clkao"), ipa, kirby and others in late 2012 in Taiwan.

Open Source, Government, Taiwan, Community

8 points by Timothee 18 days ago | 0 comments

Trump to Tariff Chips Made in Taiwan, Targeting TSMC (pcmag.com)
President Trump is preparing to place tariffs beyond Chinese assembled electronics to computer chips made in Taiwan, warning the tariffs could reach as high as 100%.

Politics, Trade, Technology, Taiwan

26 points by _____k 24 days ago | 10 comments

Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC (tomshardware.com)

Politics, Technology, International Trade, Semiconductors, Taiwan

89 points by tlyleung 24 days ago | 27 comments

Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense (cfr.org)
Differences over Taiwan’s status have fueled rising tensions between the island and mainland. Taiwan is the likeliest potential flash point in U.S.-China relations.

Politics, International Relations, China, Taiwan

3 points by lawrenceyan 29 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan (theregister.com)
Taiwan has experienced an earthquake so significant that chipmaking champ TSMC has shuttered plants.

Taiwan, Earthquakes, Semiconductors, Technology, Manufacturing

6 points by LinuxBender 31 days ago | 1 comments

TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan (theregister.com)
Taiwan has experienced an earthquake so significant that chipmaking champ TSMC has shuttered plants.

Taiwan, Earthquakes, Semiconductors, Manufacturing

6 points by mfiguiere 31 days ago | 0 comments

Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy (theregister.com)
Picture this: It's 2030 and China's furious with Taiwan after the island applies to the UN to be recognized as an independent state. After deciding on a full military invasion, China attempts to first cripple its rebellious neighbor's critical infrastructure.

Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, Military, China, Taiwan

5 points by rntn 32 days ago | 1 comments

China building new mobile piers that could help possible Taiwan invasion (ft.com)

China, Taiwan, Military, Geopolitics, International Relations

5 points by lawrenceyan 33 days ago | 0 comments

Taiwan clears TSMC to make 2nm chips abroad – country lowers 'Silicon Shield' (tomshardware.com)

Taiwan, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Technology, Geopolitics

6 points by transpute 38 days ago | 0 comments

Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab (tomshardware.com)

Apple, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Arizona, Taiwan

491 points by rbanffy 38 days ago | 472 comments

China building new mobile piers for possible invasion of Taiwan (ft.com)

China, Taiwan, Military, Geopolitics, International Relations

5 points by zerosizedweasle 39 days ago | 0 comments

How China could quarantine Taiwan: Mapping out two possible scenarios (csis.org)
China has significantly increased pressure on Taiwan in recent years, stoking fears that tensions could erupt into outright conflict.

China, Taiwan, Geopolitics, Military, International Relations

21 points by lawrenceyan 40 days ago | 2 comments

China Suddenly Building Fleet of Special Barges Suitable for Taiwan Landings (navalnews.com)
Anyone wondering what an invasion of Taiwan might look like now has a fresh visual clue. Defence analysts watching Chinese shipyards have noticed an increase in a particular type of vessel.

Military, China, Taiwan, Invasion, Naval News

28 points by reducesuffering 41 days ago | 38 comments

Taiwan says cyberattacks on government doubled in 2024, mostly from China (nikkei.com)
Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the island's National Security Bureau said, adding most of them were launched by Chinese cyber forces.

Cybersecurity, China, Taiwan, Government, National Security

3 points by mikhael 46 days ago | 0 comments

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged (ft.com)

Taiwan, South Korea, China, International Relations, Infrastructure

11 points by gslin 47 days ago | 7 comments

Prosecutors in Taiwan Indict 2024 Presidential Candidate Ko Wen Je (nytimes.com)
He had run unsuccessfully for president of Taiwan as a maverick candidate, promising to clean up the island’s political system. Now, he has been officially accused of corruption.

Politics, Taiwan, Elections, Corruption

4 points by keepamovin 50 days ago | 1 comments

Morris Chang and the Origins of TSMC (construction-physics.com)
If you were making a list of the most important companies in the world, you’d find Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, somewhere very close to the top.

Semiconductors, Business, Taiwan, History

237 points by rbanffy 52 days ago | 66 comments

Arizona's Tiny Taipei: How a Taiwanese Chip Factory Seeded a Community (nytimes.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Arizona, Community Development, Technology

3 points by cannibalXxx 53 days ago | 0 comments

Arizona's Tiny Taipei: How a Taiwanese Chip Factory Seeded a Community (nytimes.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Arizona, Community Development, Global Tech

5 points by osnium123 54 days ago | 6 comments

Paraguay probing suspicious Huawei-owned vehicle seen near Taiwan envoy's house (focustaiwan.tw)
Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Friday that it is cooperating with an investigation into a vehicle registered to Chinese company Huawei believed to have surveilled Taiwan's ambassador in Paraguay.

Politics, International Relations, Surveillance, China, Taiwan

4 points by toss1 61 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Would you use Apple's Lockdown Mode when traveling to Taiwan? (ycombinator.com)
I'm traveling to Taiwan soon for several weeks and am wondering...is it advisable to enable Lockdown Mode on my iPhone during my trip?

Security, Travel, Apple, Taiwan, iPhones

4 points by whitepoplar 62 days ago | 7 comments

The higher fertility of TSMC semiconductor workers (boomcampaign.org)
This tweet has gone viral for pointing out the extraordinary fertility of the employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductors and producer of nearly 90% of the most advanced chips. Though TSMC employees make up 0.3% of Taiwan’s population, they are responsible for 1.8% of all babies born in Taiwan. In every fifty Taiwanese babies born, one is a TSMC baby.

Taiwan, Semiconductors, Demographics, Fertility, Workforce

88 points by walterbell 67 days ago | 85 comments

Satellite Photos Show China's Warships in Naval Standoff (newsweek.com)
Chinese and Taiwanese warships were spotted in a standoff in the contested waters near Taiwan on Tuesday as China continued its "extremely rare" large-scale exercises at sea.

China, Taiwan, Military, International Relations, Geopolitics

5 points by wumeow 71 days ago | 4 comments

China's maritime movements around Taiwan are largest in decades, Taipei says (cnn.com)

China, Taiwan, Politics, Military, International Relations

5 points by tartoran 73 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC Stops Advanced Chip Shipments to Chinese Customers (nytimes.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the maker of most of the world’s cutting-edge computer chips, discovered last month that one of its chips had ended up precisely where policymakers in the United States did not want it: in a processor made by Huawei.

Semiconductors, Technology, China, Taiwan, Geopolitics

4 points by mgh2 83 days ago | 1 comments