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Lisa Su: Taiwan offers complete semiconductor vertical stack (logic, design, memory, packaging at scale), creating irreplaceable geographic advantage
Lisa Su· AMD· AI· 2026-06-03· about TSMC (TSM)
“Here in Taiwan we have logic, we have design, we have memory, we have kind of everything here and we have it at scale.”
Why it matters
Taiwan's unique concentration of the full semiconductor value chain (design, logic fab, memory fab, advanced packaging, supply ecosystem) cannot be easily replicated. This creates structural stickiness for AI chip production.
Investment implication
Alternative foundry strategies (SAMSUNG, INTEL foundry services) will struggle until they build comparable vertical integration. Watch for capex acceleration at Samsung and Intel aimed at memory, packaging, and supply chain localization.