A Wall Street analyst's speculation suggests that the U.S. government is pushing Intel and TSMC to form a joint chip production venture, which would be owned by the two companies and operated by TSMC.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the U.S. government wants TSMC to apply its experience with high-volume manufacturing using EUV lithography to Intel's process technologies. Another rumor cited by the Financial Times points to TSMC's accelerated Arizona Fab 21 complex expansion.
