Trump Announces Largest Foreign Investment in U.S. History
U.S. President Donald Trump and TSMC CEO C.C. Wei have announced record-breaking investments in semiconductor manufacturing, creating thousands of jobs.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, together with the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), C.C. Wei, announced the news on the White House website.
Wei announced the largest foreign investment in U.S. history—$100 billion. These funds will be used to construct five cutting-edge chip manufacturing plants in Arizona.
Speaking at the event, Trump emphasized that the investment will create thousands of high-paying jobs, accelerate the country's technological development, and reduce dependence on foreign manufacturers. The total TSMC investment in the U.S. now stands at approximately $165 billion.
C.C. Wei stated that the new factories will produce chips supporting the development of artificial intelligence and smartphones. Commerce Secretary Howard Latnick noted that attracting TSMC is the result of Trump's strategy to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S.
Meanwhile, China is preparing a directive to implement open-source RISC-V chip architecture at the national level, according to AOL.com.
This marks the first official step toward reducing reliance on Western technologies. The document is being developed by eight government agencies, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Cyberspace Administration of China.
The guidelines are expected to be published as early as March, though the date may change. In response to this news, shares of Chinese chip manufacturers surged: VeriSilicon gained 10%, ASR Microelectronics rose 8.6%, and Shanghai Anlogic Infotech jumped 15.4%.
RISC-V is an open processor architecture capable of replacing Intel, AMD, and Arm technologies. Chinese companies are actively adopting it due to its low cost and lack of geopolitical risks. In contrast, the U.S. is concerned about the potential strengthening of China's microelectronics industry.
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