Taiwan’s GlobalWafers, one of the world’s biggest makers of silicon wafers for chips, plans to spend about $5 billion to build a new factory in Texas, The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reported. The move comes as the U.S. and other countries are scrambling to beef up domestic supply chains amid ongoing global chip shortages that have dealt a serious blow to auto, electronics and...
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