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If China encroaches on Taiwan, the US is economically obligated to intervene; losing access to TSMC would be a massive hit. (It seems that TSMC is getting incre
by quiescant_dodo 6y ago
If China encroaches on Taiwan, the US is economically obligated to intervene; losing access to TSMC would be a massive hit. (It seems that TSMC is getting increasingly-advanced over their competitors, but maybe that's just my media blindspot.)
I expect the federal government to take action here, probably by giving huge monetary incentives to Intel/AMD for creating a state-of-the-art fab in the US.
- tacotacotaco 6y agoChina has been hiring engineers from TSMC to make their own chips. 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... TMSC is planning to build a fab factory in the US. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2020/05/15/tsmcs-announcement-of-a-us-fab-is-big-news/?sh=4bcdf87e2340 https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2020/05/15/tsmcs-anno...