Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images If China invaded Taiwan, the world’s most advanced chip factory would be rendered “inoperable,” TSMC Chairman Mark Liu said in an English-language interview with CNN this week. In the undated interview, Liu said that if China invaded Taiwan, the chipmaker’s factory would not be able to operate because it relies on global supply chains. “No one can control TSMC by force. If you accept military force or invasion, you will make the TSMC factory inoperable,” Liu said. “Because it’s such a sophisticated manufacturing facility, it depends on real-time connectivity to the outside world, to Europe, to Japan, to the US, from materials to chemicals to parts to engineering software and diagnostics.” TSMC, the world’s most advanced chip maker, makes processors for US companies such as Apple and Qualcomm. It makes Apple’s A and M series chips and has over 50% of the global semiconductor foundry market. The remarks came as tensions between China and Taiwan have escalated in recent days as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island. “War produces no winners, all losers,” Liu said. Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Chips and Science Act, which provides billions of dollars in incentives to build chip factories on US soil. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law on Tuesday. Proponents of the legislation say it is vital to national security to ensure the supply of efficient and modern chips for use in the US if China were to invade or otherwise disrupt chip manufacturing in Taiwan. While many of the bill’s incentives will go to U.S. companies like Intel, TSMC is building a $12 billion chip factory in Arizona that could benefit from the subsidies. Liu compared a potential conflict in Taiwan to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that while the two conflicts are very different, the economic impact on other countries will be similar. He encouraged political leaders to try to avoid war. “The war in Ukraine is not good for either side, it’s a lose-lose-lose scenario,” Liu said. Liu said a ground invasion would cause economic turmoil in China, Taiwan and Western countries. He said TSMC sells chips to consumer-facing Chinese companies that need the company’s services and supply of advanced computer chips. “How can we avoid war? How can we ensure that the engine of the global economy continues to hum and let’s have a fair competition,” Liu said.