{"id":6269,"date":"2021-04-15T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=6269"},"modified":"2021-04-15T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:00:12","slug":"tsmc-chief-blames-geopolitical-tensions-for-chip-shortage-plays-down-threat-from-intel-and-rival-fabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=6269","title":{"rendered":"TSMC chief blames geopolitical tensions for chip shortage, plays down threat from Intel and rival fabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostCustomers of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world\u2019s largest contract chip maker, are facing an extended semiconductor shortage because of short-term geopolitical tensions and escalating demand for chips in the long term.TSMC chief executive C.C. Wei said in a conference call on Thursday that clients\u2019 rush to stockpile chips was the product of geopolitical tensions, \u201ccreating short-term imbalance in the supply chain\u201d. The company\u2019s chief financial officer, Wendell Huang,\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3129710\/tsmc-chief-blames-geopolitical-tensions-chip-shortage-plays-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostCustomers of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world\u2019s largest contract chip maker, are facing an extended semiconductor shortage because of short-term geopolitical tensions and escalating&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}