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You are mistaken. This was a deliberate and overt tactic by the Taiwanese government. It's been heavily discussed in geopolitical circles for decades. TSMC is
by jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
You are mistaken. This was a deliberate and overt tactic by the Taiwanese government. It's been heavily discussed in geopolitical circles for decades.
TSMC is not something that can be "acquired" by military force. That's not how things work. If China does follow through on their threats to take the island by force, they won't be able to simply operate TSMC as if they were new management. The organization itself will cease to exist, along with all the institutional knowledge necessary to duplicate their success, even assuming China was able to secure the fab lines without damage. Likewise all customer relationships become essentially void, and the finely tuned money machine that sustains TSMC's intense R&D ceases to exist as well.
- fma 6y agoLooks like the Taiwanese government forgot their tactic - because China is hiring away TSMC engineers to bolster China's chip manufacturing R&D. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over-100-TSMC-engineers-in-push-for-chip-leadership https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over...
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoThe situation is much more complex than "forgot." Since the 80s KMT and several allied parties have favored eventual unification with the mainland. Try reading up on the Pan Blue Coalition, or just skimming the wiki page on Taiwanese political parties. It gets tiresome how flippant hn is to throw out these narrative based explanations that are pure invention of armchair imagination, rather than like spending literally 5 minutes to understand the very basics of what people are attempting to comment on.