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If China takes control of Taiwan it would be a strategic disaster for the rest of the world. Building a factory as far away as possible is a great idea for both

If China takes control of Taiwan it would be a strategic disaster for the rest of the world. Building a factory as far away as possible is a great idea for both Intel and TSMC. There is still expertise in the US. Wikipedia has a good list of fans that are still open and those that have been closed. The number in Taiwan is shocking, but you’ll also see many older fabs still running in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat...

watertom 6y ago
If China takes over Taiwan, chip manufacturing is probably the least of anyone’s worries.
- blackrock 6y ago
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  - Accujack 6y ago
    Uh... no, not likely. Nuclear weapons have some utility as a deterrent to invasion, but they're useless in most kinds of war. The US would fight to prevent China taking over Taiwan by force, and Japan and others would assist them, but if China succeeded, the US wouldn't choose to start the third world war by using weapons carelessly... it would accomplish nothing at all.
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