Comment by Hansenq

Many of those articles came out before TSMC received CHIPS Act grants. As soon as the CHIPS Act money was committed to TSMC, the factory was suddenly ahead of schedule. Noah Smith called it out here:

> Three months after TSMC announced further delays at its $40 billion Arizona fabs, the chip manufacturer has now said the plant is expected to be operating at full capacity by the end of [2024].

> The announcement comes several weeks after it was first reported that TSMC is set to be awarded more than $5 billion in federal grants under the US CHIPS and Science Act…

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