迴避地緣政治擔憂
Taiwanese silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers has officially begun constructing its newest 12-inch wafer fab in Texas, GlobalWafers America, the company announced.
台灣矽晶圓製造商環球晶圓宣布，正式開始在德州建設其最新的12吋晶圓廠 GlobalWafers America。
silicon(n.)(化學元素)矽Silicon Valley矽谷
GlobalWafers Co., one of the world’s largest producers of silicon wafers used in chips, will invest up to $5 billion in its new 58-hectare plant in Sherman, Texas, creating upwards of 1,500 jobs in the area.
環球晶圓是全球最大的晶片用矽晶圓製造商之一，將投資高達50億美元在德州謝爾曼市興建58公頃新工廠，創造超過1,500個工作機會。
hectare(n.)公頃plant(n.)工廠;廠房upwards of…超過…;…以上=more than
Manufacturing at the fab is set to begin in 2025, by which time production is expected to ramp up to 1.2 million wafers per month to satisfy market demand.
該座晶圓廠預計將於2025年開始生產，屆時產量預計將提升到每月120萬片晶圓，以滿足市場需求。
manufacturing(n.)(大量)製造;生產、製造業ramp up 逐步增加、加大力度ramp up production增加產量
The investment has been made possible thanks to the CHIPS and Science Act recently signed into law by US President Joe Biden, setting aside $52 billion in subsidies to repatriate semiconductor production back to America.
美國總統拜登最近簽署通過《晶片與科學法案》，使環球晶圓得以實現在德州的投資，《晶片與科學法案》補貼520億美元將半導體生產移回國內。
the CHIPS and Science Act 晶片與科學法案sign…into law簽署…使成為法律set aside撥出subsidy(n.)補貼;補助repatriate(v.)將...遣返回國、將（資金等）調回本國
This move comes decades after the US outsourced manufacturing to other countries, which made the nation dependent on foreign production and exposed international logistics to the impacts of geopolitical and other global factors, such as souring Sino-American relations and the recent pandemic.
此舉發生在美國將製造業外包到其他國家幾十年後，過去美國依賴外國生產半導體，國際物流容易受到地緣政治和其他國際因素的影響，中美關係惡化和最近的疫情突顯了這一點。
outsource(v.)外包dependent on… 依賴、依靠=reliant on…expose A to B 使A暴露於B之下sour(v.)(使)令人不快;(使)不友好
In an interview with Forbes, GlobalWafers’ CEO Doris Hsu explained that many countries, including several European nations, had invited the Hsinchu-based company to construct new fabs within their borders in order to circumvent geopolitical concerns.
環球晶圓的執行長徐秀蘭在接受《富比士》採訪時解釋，許多國家，包括歐洲國家在內，都邀請這家總部位於新竹的公司在其境內建設新晶圓廠，以迴避地緣政治的擔憂。
circumvent(v.)逃避、規避、繞過
The choice of Sherman, a quiet Texas town of 43,000, over competing sites in Ohio and South Korea was far from trivial; the area is 100 kilometers away from Dallas, which has been touted as one of America’s most promising tech hubs outside of Silicon Valley and New York City.
謝爾曼是一個擁有4萬3000人口的寧靜德州小鎮，與俄亥俄州和韓國競爭地點相比，選擇謝爾曼並非微不足道；該地距離達拉斯100公里，達拉斯被譽為矽谷和紐約市以外美國最有前途的科技中心之一。
far from trivial並非微不足道=not insignificanttout(v.)給...做廣告、宣傳、讚揚、吹捧
In 2021, 13 companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area made it onto the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list, a ranking of the fastest-growing tech companies in North America.
2021年，達拉斯-沃思堡地區有13家公司躋身「德勤高科技高成長企業500強榜單」，這是一項針對北美發展最快的科技公司的排名。
ranking(n.)排行榜
Additionally, Dallas is already the home turf of GlobalWafers’ local rival, semiconductor designer and manufacturer Texas Instruments, which coincidently has also pledged $30 billion to build a similar 12-inch semiconductor wafer fab — in the town of Sherman.
此外，達拉斯也已是環球晶圓在當地的競爭對手——半導體設計商和製造商德州儀器的主場，德州儀器也已承諾投資300億美元建造一座類似的12吋半導體晶圓廠，巧合的是地點也選在謝爾曼市。
turf(n.)(某人的)專門領域、地盤、勢力範圍coincidently(adv.)巧合地=coincidentallypledge(v.)發誓、保證