ASU a key partner in US-Taiwan technology relationship (opens in new tab)

In 2016, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, was scouting cities in the United States that could potentially serve as the home of its $165 billion semiconductor manufacturing complex.Officials from the company toured several possible sites in the greater Phoenix area but didn’t find a desirable location. They wanted, at the time, what Phoenix couldn’t give them: A science and technology park in which its employees could walk across the street to its customers and vendors.