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I tend to assume (not an expert or insider) that if Intel can’t stay in the process race on its own dime it will end up staying in at Uncle Sam’s expense in one

by leoc 7y ago

I tend to assume (not an expert or insider) that if Intel can’t stay in the process race on its own dime it will end up staying in at Uncle Sam’s expense in one way or another. Partly because China’s almost sure to continue its own efforts while TSMC is also always at risk of a hostile takeover by the PLA.

umanwizard 7y ago
TSMC is not based in China.
- slaman 7y ago
  Depends who you ask.
  - leoc 7y ago
    And on how far they might be willing to go to assert their point of view. Which was very much my point.
- kyboren 7y ago
  I'm fairly certain that @leoc was alluding to a "hostile takeover" of TSMC being part of a hostile takeover of Taiwan.
kragen 7y ago
I am skeptical that the Trump Administration that imposed the Huawei sanctions is so competent at high-technology industrial policy that it will guarantee Intel's success in this way. Also, I don't think the missing ingredient is so much expense as it is knowledge, though quite possibly the NSA could translate that knowledge from Chinese or Korean and supply it to Intel.