TAIPEI — Leading chipmakers and packagers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Intel have slowed the pace of their expansions in Japan and Malaysia due to lackluster demand for older chips and tariff uncertainties, Nikkei Asia has learned.
Chip packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering and Siliconware Precision Industry (SPIL) are also among those taking their foot off the gas of their Malaysian expansions, sources briefed on the matter said, as numerous chip suppliers shift their investment strategies to “wait and see” mode.
