Allegra Mendelson
Behind the nondescript grey buildings that line the streets of Hsinchu lies one of the most important pieces of technology in the world.
Whirring away inside are rows of white machines that are so advanced – and so secretive – that a select few are allowed inside.
This is Taiwan’s “Silicon Valley” and these facilities produce the majority of the world’s semiconductors – small chips that power virtually every electronic device in use today, from coffee machines to fighter jets.
Every country in the world relies on these chips, including China, which despite threatening to “reunify” Taiwan by force, imports nearly half of the island’s semiconductors
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