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The world's biggest semiconductor manufacturer is facing a shortage of experienced labour and seeking to bring in workers from Taiwan as it looks to build a new factory in Arizona, a report says.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company founder Morris Chang appears to have had a complete change of mind about setting up new chip units in the US, announcing on Monday that the company would manufacture 3nm semiconductors at a new factory in Arizona.

The former chairman and chief executive of the globe's biggest semiconductor fab, which has had a manufacturing plant in Oregon for 25 years, has warned that it may not be possible to reproduce the success enjoyed by his company in any other country, pointing to the fact that costs are 50% higher in Oregon than in Taiwan.

A veteran of the semiconductor industry has cast doubts on whether the US$52 billion allocated by the US for investment in its chip industry will be enough to rebuild a complete supply chain in the country.

ANALYSIS An American demand that semiconductor manufacturers provide internal information about chip inventories, orders and sales data appears to be aimed at helping Intel which has fallen well behind.

The founder of the world's biggest semiconductor fab says it may be impossible to replicate what has been done in Taiwan in other parts of the world, including the US.