Intel CEO Visits Taiwan, Japan, and India... Meets with TSMC and Others

Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, is reported by Bloomberg and others on the 5th to be visiting Taiwan, Japan, and India to meet with customers and suppliers.

CEO Gelsinger is currently en route to Asia and is expected to meet with Taiwan's TSMC during this visit. Intel is a customer of TSMC, the world's largest foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturer). Bloomberg reported that Intel does not plan to make any major announcements during this visit. Local reports in Taiwan indicate that CEO Gelsinger will meet with senior TSMC executives again through his visit schedule in Taiwan and other locations since December last year.

In addition to TSMC, Intel has major suppliers in Taiwan and Japan. Intel entrusts Tokyo Electron with semiconductor manufacturing equipment production, and Eiden in Japan and Unimicron in Taiwan with printed circuit board (PCB) production.

Since taking office, CEO Gelsinger has had a busy year and recently formalized plans to build semiconductor production facilities in Ohio, USA, and Germany. Last month, he announced an investment of 33 billion euros (approximately 44 trillion won) in semiconductor production in Europe, including a semiconductor factory in Germany. He emphasized that semiconductor production is overly concentrated in Asia and that the US and Europe need to increase investments to expand semiconductor production capacity.

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