Taiwan’s top technology officials say one country doesn’t need to manage the semiconductor industry on Saturday after President Donald Trump criticized the island’s chip control.
Trump reiterated his claim on Thursday that Taiwan has taken over the industry and that he has returned to the US, saying he is aiming to restore US chip manufacturing.
Wu Chen Wen, head of Taiwan’s National Council on Science and Technology, did not name Trump in a Facebook post, but mentioned Taiwan’s President Lai Qingtae’s comments on Friday. Semiconductor industry.
Wu writes that Taiwan has been frequently asked how in recent years the semiconductor industry has become an internationally acclaimed benchmark.
“How did you achieve this? How did the government develop the sector since the 1970s, including supporting TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip maker, in 1987. He spoke about whether he developed it and never got this from other countries.
“This shows that Taiwan has invested half a century of effort to achieve today’s success, and it certainly wasn’t easily taken from other countries.”
According to Wu, countries have their own expertise from Japan to the US, which makes chemicals and equipment.
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“The semiconductor industry is extremely complex and requires precise specialization and division of labor. Given the strengths of each country, a single country has complete control over all technologies worldwide. Or you don’t have to monopolize it.”
Taiwan is willing to be used as a base to support “friendly democracies” when playing a proper role in the semiconductor supply chain, Wu said.
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