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DOD would have way more cost effective spending ditching the F-35 flying turkey and buying the IP for TSMC, and moving US fab to Virginia/Austin.
by crb002 8y ago
DOD would have way more cost effective spending ditching the F-35 flying turkey and buying the IP for TSMC, and moving US fab to Virginia/Austin.
- fermienrico 8y agoBut that takes more than 3 years. So not an option for Trump. Tariffs are instant.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoyeah, but ... does the IP for TSMC reside in some easily transferred tangibles? wouldn't the DOD really need to transfer the whole community of engineers and ecosystem of suppliers?
- woolvalley 8y agoEngineers in Taiwan don't make that much money. Just saying you'll pay them standard US engineer salaries and add instant green cards for their families as part of the acquisition and you'd probably get most of them to move. TSMC although is a pretty foundational company of Taiwan. It would be like the US buying samsung and then moving everyone to the USA. Taiwan might stop you.
- tooltalk 8y agocan't read through the paywall, but what's TSMC got to do with it? Intel, Micron, GlobFo and Samsung all have fab capacity in the US.