TSMC is on a slippery slope. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing , the world's largest chipmaker, on Monday pledged $100 billion in fresh funds to build factories in the United States. It also committed to set up a major research and development centre stateside,

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing might be ready to invest $100 billion in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean it is ready to bring all of its technology to American shores.That could be good news for Intel’s own chip-manufacturing hopes.

Taiwanese chip-making giant TSMC plans to invest a whopping $100 billion in the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on overseas-made chips. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is the world's biggest maker of the critical technology that has become the lifeblood of the global economy.