Thousands have been evacuated because of the threat of mudslides and landslides, and almost 40,000 troops were on standby

The tech leader saw orders for telecom products up 16% in August from a year ago, while electronic products rose 13.2%

Top executives from the Taiwanese tech giant were said to be discussing building a factory on a par with some of its biggest home sites

Samsung is struggling to keep up with smaller chip rival SK Hynix, while it’s also facing stiff smartphone competition from Apple and Huawei

TSMC's shares had been on a roll until US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Taiwan of stealing American chip business and asked the island to 'pay for its defence'

The United States has reportedly told allies it is considering using the most severe trade curbs available if companies continue giving China access to advanced chip tech

The server chip will likely focus on running AI models, also known as inference, rather than in training AI models, where Nvidia is dominant

The island has now been hit by more than 1,000 aftershocks following the deadly April 3 earthquake

Revenue for the first quarter of 2024 was $18.54 billion, up from $16.72 billion in the same three months last year

Contractors on the island are working to establish ‘alternative command systems abroad’ to protect global supply chains

Japan has already handed over subsidies worth about $2.18 billion to the chip firm, which is backed by NEC, SoftBank, Sony and Toyota, among others

Another plant in Japan would expand TSMC’s capacity there to more than 100,000 12-inch wafers to supply tech firms and carmakers including Sony and Toyota