2 charts show how much the world depends on Taiwan for semiconductors
The global shortage of chips that forced several automakers to halt production has brought attention to Taiwan's outsized role in semiconductor manufacturing.Taiwan dominates the foundry market, or the outsourcing of semiconductor manufacturing.Much of that dominance comes down to TSMC, the world's largest foundry that counts major technology firms such as Apple, Qualcomm and Nvidia as its clients.Taiwan's outsized role in chipmaking has come under the spotlight as a global shortage of semicondu