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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs says the government will help TSMC expand its investment in Taiwan. The pledge comes amid rumors that the chipmaker is considering a new semiconductor investment in Singapore. The statement is being read as an effort to keep TSMC's most advanced production anchored at home as competition for chip fabs intensifies across Asia.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is weighing plans for a new multibillion-dollar facility in Texas dedicated to producing advanced chips used in artificial intelligence, according to Bloomberg. The reported expansion would deepen TSMC's growing US manufacturing footprint and reflects surging demand for AI-related semiconductors.

TSMC has introduced an AI Design Kit aimed at supporting semiconductor design with agentic AI, providing assistance at the process technology level. The kit is intended to help designers use AI agents within TSMC's manufacturing process frameworks. Details on partners, availability and specific tool integrations remain limited in the initial report.