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> "Having 80% of all supply in Asia simply isn't a palatable manner for the world to have its view of the most critical technology," Mr Gelsinger said. Eh, the
by yongjik 6y ago
> "Having 80% of all supply in Asia simply isn't a palatable manner for the world to have its view of the most critical technology," Mr Gelsinger said.
Eh, the whole set of FAANG plus Intel itself is based on American West Coast, and this guy's take is that so many chips being made in East Asia is not "palatable" for the world?
There's nothing wrong with saying "That's a large pie they're eating and we want a bigger slice for ourselves." We could do without this kind of self-serving pseudo-cosmopolitanism.
- colinmhayes 6y agoWhen he says "the world" he means the US and western Europe.
- m463 6y agoI would say the #1 consumer good in the world (not just the west) is the cellphone. I would even say it is even more heavily dependent on the cellphone than the west.
- tw04 6y agoI think you missed the point. He isn't going to outright say "If China decides to follow-through on their threats to invade Taiwan it will cause a worldwide disruption to technology". But at the end of the day, that IS reality, and it's a systemic threat to both Europe and the US. The fact it's self-serving doesn't make the statement any less factually accurate or important.
- kmonsen 6y agoThat's not really a counterpoint though. It is kind of bad for the world that FAANG++ and for example most of the movie industry is centered in US (west coast)? Also with tensions rising there it is not good if 80% of the chips are being made in a war zone. And bad for everyone but China if China takes control of Taiwan. I don't think any of these are value statements?
- samus 6y agoChina has realized the truth of your counterargument long ago. Alibaba, Baidu, WeChat, Weibo, the list goes on.
- tester34 6y agoSo Asia creates bleeding edge technology and innovation meanwhile US just spies by it's funny social media sites? how tables have turned