TSMC is a key supply chain partner and is responsible for the chips that power Apple's best products including the recently released M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air. It's also a company that works with countless others, including producing chips that are capable of AI workloads and sensitive military applications. For that reason, the US is concerned about what might happen should China choose to invade TSMC's home country of Taiwan. The chipmaker has a plan, though.
According to a new report TSMC and ASML, the Dutch company that produces the machines it uses to create some of its most advanced chips, are able to remotely disable the machines should the need arise.
