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The simple answer is that TSMC is a national strategic asset of Taiwan, and as such, is not for sale to anyone at any price.
by ohazi 6y ago
The simple answer is that TSMC is a national strategic asset of Taiwan, and as such, is not for sale to anyone at any price.
- synaesthesisx 6y agoI’m long TSMC - it is one of Taiwan’s most valuable companies, and is arguably the most important company in the world. Fun fact - they account for 5% of Taiwan’s energy usage alone. Wild.
- gok 6y agoAnd their revenue is about 10% of Taiwan's GDP
- gruez 6y agoBut how much of their operations are in taiwan?
- throwaway2048 6y agobasicly all of them
- protomyth 6y agoI thought the DOD got them to put a fab in the US?
- throwaway2048 6y agoIts not built yet.
- gsnedders 6y agoThey have a few internationally, including a 160nm fab in the US already. All their cutting-edge stuff is in Taiwan, though. The one being built for in the US, expected to be for a DoD contract, is the first cutting-edge one outside of Taiwan, but its capacity is miniscule compared with what they have in Taiwan today.
- saagarjha 6y agoIf only arm was considered the same.
- dingaling 6y agoWithout any way to build its own designs ARM isn't particularly valuable to UK.gov It is widely-licensed but also vulnerable to being superceded or abandoned by licensees if it tries to squeeze them for more money. It exists because it provides a useful service, but not a critical one
- cnst 6y ago> The simple answer is that TSMC is a national strategic asset of Taiwan, and as such, is not for sale to anyone at any price. Ahem. ARM. Seriously, though. Take a look even at TikTok. I was pleasantly surprised that it's not for sale, either. Why does every tech company has to be HQ'ed in the US?!
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- rodgerd 6y agoThe Taiwanese aren't as moronically short-sighted as the British.
- masklinn 6y agoAlso ARM is not a significant fraction of the UK’s gdp.
- michaelt 6y agoSome people think TSMC is part of Taiwan's strategy to stop China invading. After all, TSMC helps make Taiwan one of America's valued trading partners, even if America doesn't officially acknowledge Taiwanese sovereignty. So long as a Chinese invasion will mean American companies lose access to TSMC and Chinese companies gain it, they hope this provides them the same protection Kuwait and Saudi Arabia enjoy. Or at least, if not certain protection then a high enough chance of protection to discourage an invasion. As the UK does not have an expansionist neighbour disputing their sovereignty, ARM is not a strategic asset in the same way.