TSMC and Samsung are the world's largest chip manufacturers, with the majority of their manufacturing plants located in their native countries, Taiwan and South Korea. Both also have plants in the USA, either fully running or still under development, and now it looks like they're both planning on expanding their facilities in the Middle East.
That's according to a news report by the Wall Street Journal (via The Verge), which claims that TSMC and Samsung have recently visited the United Arab Emirates with a view to building new chip foundries in that country.
