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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: US TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR DELAY
HEADLINE: Arizona Governor Says Taiwan Firm's Semiconductor Plant Back on Schedule
TEASER: Opening delayed by shortage of skilled labor in Arizona
PUBLISHED AT: 09/22/2023 at 1:38p
BYLINE: Levi Stallings
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DATELINE: Phoenix, Arizona
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[[Earlier this year, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced that it was delaying the opening of a computer chip plant in the U.S. state of Arizona because of a shortage of specialized workers. But during a visit to Taiwan this week, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs told officials that the project is back on schedule and should have no further delays. From Phoenix, Arizona, Levi Stallings has our story.]]
((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: Taiwan Presidential Office))
Meeting with officials this week in Taiwan, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs said she expected no further delays in the opening of a chip plant built in Phoenix by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC. ((end courtesy))
In July, TSMC had announced it would move the opening of the plant from 2024 to 2025 because of a lack of specialized workers. It is one of two plants TMSC has planned to build in the state, at a total cost of $40 billion.
((NARRATOR)) ((Mandatory CG: Taiwan Presidential Office))
Hobbs said Arizona was proud to host U.S. fabrication operations for TSMC.
((Katie Hobbs, Arizona Governor))
“Arizona and Taiwan shared a robust partnership rooted in advanced technology and common ideals. This bond has been forged through decades of mutual support and includes cultural, economic, academic and even national defense collaboration.”
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said the new plant is central to continued cooperation.
[[radio: Tsai says that with the establishment of the TSMC factory in Arizona, the joint efforts between Taiwan and the United States will help both spur business growth and and also create more secure and resilient supply chains.]]
((Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan, female Mandarin))
"With the establishment of the factory of TSMC in Arizona, these joint efforts between Taiwan and the United States will help us spur business growth and also create more secure and resilient supply chains." ((end courtesy))
((NARRATOR))
TSMC is the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductor chips and serves major clients like Apple and Nvidia. It has been expanding production facilities to meet a sharp increase in AI-related demand.
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There are nearly 12,000 Arizona workers at the TSMC site, says Arizona building and construction trade unions spokesperson Brandi Devlin.
((Brandi Devlin, Arizona Building and Construction Trades Council))
“The Arizona Building and Construction Trade Council affiliated unions, which includes pipefitters and plumbers, electricians, sheet metal workers, iron workers, have all been able to meet the job site calls. In other words, when their union contractors go to the union and say, ‘We need X number of pipefitters on the job this week,’ we’ve been able to meet those calls. The challenge has come because TSMC uses proprietary technology that is not used at any other plant.”
((NARRATOR))
Governor Hobbs says state authorities are in separate talks with TSMC to build facilities for advanced chip packaging, which lowers costs by combining multiple chips in a single device.
((Levi Stallings, VOA News, Phoenix, Arizona))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateSeptember 22, 2023 14:08 EDT
BylineLevi Stallings
Brand / Language ServiceUS Agency for Global Media, Voice of America - English
