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TSMC AI Chip Demand and Worker Bonuses
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TSMC struggles to meet US customer demand for AI chips as CEO CC Wei promises profit-sharing bonuses for workers but rejects raising prices.
Semiconductor giant TSMC is struggling to build enough capacity to fulfill US orders. Despite these major supply bottlenecks, the company is avoiding price hikes and instead focusing profit on record employee bonuses.
The substantial profit-sharing bonuses come amid growing industry pressure to share record semiconductor production profits with workers.
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