Employee, process conflicts slowing TSMC effort at Arizona chip manufacturing
A group of people walk through a pathway at TSMC Arizona in December 2022. Culture clashes between U.S. workers and Taiwanese management have slowed the process of the company's first fab in the U.S.(Independent Newsmedia/Brent Ruffner)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been slowed at starting up semiconductor chip manufacturing in north Phoenix in part because of conflicts between how it does business at home and how U.S. workers function, according to a report in the New York Times.
The Times story quotes several current workers about the challenges of bringing a Taiwanese way of doing things to Arizona. Cultural differences are being tagged as one of the reasons chip manufacturing won't start until next year.
TSMC was considered a huge win for Arizona, with a $40 billion investment into multiple fabs on land west of Interstate 10 and north of Loop 303.
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Employee, process conflicts slowing TSMC effort at Arizona chip manufacturing
A group of people walk through a pathway at TSMC Arizona in December 2022. Culture clashes between U.S. workers and Taiwanese management have slowed the process of the company's first fab in the U.S.(Independent Newsmedia/Brent Ruffner)
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been slowed at starting up semiconductor chip manufacturing in north Phoenix in part because of conflicts between how it does business at home and how U.S. workers function, according to a report in the New York Times.
The Times story quotes several current workers about the challenges of bringing a Taiwanese way of doing things to Arizona. Cultural differences are being tagged as one of the reasons chip manufacturing won't start until next year.
TSMC was considered a huge win for Arizona, with a $40 billion investment into multiple fabs on land west of Interstate 10 and north of Loop 303.
The project was a target as U.S. government officials laid out plans to get more chip manufacturing on U.S. soil because of various industries' dependence on semiconductors.
Company officials say in the article about half of the 2,000 people working at the site now are from Taiwan, but TSMC hopes to reduce that number.
To bring in more U.S. workers, the company has changed some of its practice, including those around meetings and more.
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