Production delays have made it vulnerable to rivals, who are winning share using TSMC to produce their designs. Intel unveiled an ambitious bid in March to regain its manufacturing lead and break into the foundry business by spending $20 billion to build two new factories in Arizona. - Smaller manufacturers include the U.S.'s GlobalFoundries Inc., China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) and Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. But they're at least two to three generations behind TSMC's technology. Famous names such as Texas Instruments, IBM and Motorola, all U.S. companies, have exited or given up trying to keep up with the most advanced manufacturing. 6. How's the competition going? The two giants are spending heavily to cement their dominance: TSMC said in April it would ramp up its capital expenditure over the next three years to $100 billion, including about $30 billion on capacity expansion and upgrades in 2021, from a record $17 billion last year.