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My guess is neither. Sure, you can copy the designs, but will you have the knowledge to modify them? Just playing catch up all the time has a major cost. Thin

by rtpg 11y ago

My guess is neither. Sure, you can copy the designs, but will you have the knowledge to modify them? Just playing catch up all the time has a major cost. Think about code. Sure, people copy designs and code, but it's still hard. And even if you have problem X, and Intel doesn't, it could be for many reasons apart from transistor Y they have in the same general vicinity that you don't. In a way, the blatant copying is good because it means that the Chinese industry has to go through less iterations to get up to speed. Hopefully the end result is a healthy environment with multiple players trying to out-innovate each other.

tajen 11y ago
Let's have a good laugh and illustrate that it's really hard to copy foreign tech: The Tupolev 144, copy of the UK-French Concorde - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144#Reasons_for_failure_and_cancellation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144#Reasons_for_f...
- dingaling 11y ago
  Laugh away. The Tu-144 had superior handling and aerodynamics at each end of its speed range, and in the Tu-144D variant had non-afterburning engines and still cruised as fast as Concorde [0], despite having a wider five-abreast cabin. It was a first-generation SST done properly. There was plenty of industrial espionage, but the Tu-144 is no more a copy than the DC-8 is a copy of the 707. [0] no the F-22 didn't invent supercruise!
- forgetsusername 11y ago
  "Copy of"? According to that Wikipedia article, the Russian plane was built and flown before the Concorde.
- NegativeLatency 11y ago
  Another interesting instance of copying planes was the B-29 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
TheLogothete 11y ago
My country was a major producer of micro electronics in the Soviet bloc. All of it was stolen design. Stealing designs works only if you force your customers to buy.

by rtpg 11y ago

tajen 11y ago

Let's have a good laugh and illustrate that it's really hard to copy foreign tech: The Tupolev 144, copy of the UK-French Concorde - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144#Reasons_for_failure_and_cancellation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144#Reasons_for_f...

dingaling 11y ago
Laugh away. The Tu-144 had superior handling and aerodynamics at each end of its speed range, and in the Tu-144D variant had non-afterburning engines and still cruised as fast as Concorde [0], despite having a wider five-abreast cabin. It was a first-generation SST done properly. There was plenty of industrial espionage, but the Tu-144 is no more a copy than the DC-8 is a copy of the 707. [0] no the F-22 didn't invent supercruise!
forgetsusername 11y ago
"Copy of"? According to that Wikipedia article, the Russian plane was built and flown before the Concorde.
NegativeLatency 11y ago
Another interesting instance of copying planes was the B-29 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4

TheLogothete 11y ago

My country was a major producer of micro electronics in the Soviet bloc. All of it was stolen design. Stealing designs works only if you force your customers to buy.