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description: "TSMC has sped up the pace of fab building 5x the historical pace and has 13 under construction in Taiwan and another 5 to 6 in progress overseas – nearly 20 in all, but still cannot meet demand, said Co-COO Cliff Hou, media report, naming construction workers as a key bottleneck. Also, TSMC’s demand for equipment has nearly doubled since the end of last year – a pace equipment suppliers cannot keep up with. $ASML(ASML.US) $Applied Materials(AMAT.US) $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) #semiconductorsSource: Dan Nystedt"
datetime: "2026-09-03T03:50:13.000Z"
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# TSMC has sped up the pace of fab building 5x the h…


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