manufacturing facilities that are being constructed in the us. is the us chips act a real threat to china? i don t think the us chip act is really something that china really worries about, i think what china really worries about is the export controls. because i mean, if you look at the as chris mentioned, the tsmc arizona fab, yes, they are building what is going to be the most advanced fab in america, but when that fab kicks into mass production, the tsmc s taiwan fab already moved on to next generation. so i think tsmc will always keep its most advanced chip making on the island. so that makes the island indispensable to the rest
is the us chips act a real threat to china? i don t think the us chip act is really something that china really worries about, i think what china really worries about is the export controls. because i mean, if you look at the as chris mentioned, the tsmc arizona fab, yes, they are building what is going to be the most advanced fab in america, but when that fab kicks into mass production, the tsmc s taiwan fab already moved on to next generation. so i think tsmc will always keep its most advanced chip making on the island. so that makes the island indispensable to the rest
constructed in the us. is the us chips act a real threat to china? i don t think the us chip act is really something that china really worries about, i think what they worry about is the export controls. because i mean, if you look at the as chris mentioned, the tsmc arizona fab, yes, there are building that is going to be the most advanced fab in america. but when that fab kicks into mass production,
president. for the democrats in the senate, having 51 votes versus 50 votes means their committees, they have more control over their committees, they have subpoena power. it means they ll have an easier time getting judges through and other federal nominations. what you re doing today will not change that, because that is an important part of governance and the senate? nothing about my decision to registration as an independent will change the way that i show up to committees or the way that i show up to the senate. reporter: it s an interesting time for you to be making this move because as you note, there has been a lot of bipartisan legislation that this senate has passed. you ve been a key part of a lot of it. i don t actually have time to go through all of it. there s the chip act, the pact act which helps veterans who were victims of burn pits, obviously the infrastructure legislation. there s a lot. the marriage bill.
Local, state and federal officials, including President Joe Biden, as well as industry leaders, descended on North Phoenix on Tuesday for a “first tool-in" event at a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company factory that’s set to start producing microchips next year.