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I imagine the TSMC fab would be destroyed before being allowed into Chinese hands
by throwaway6734 6y ago
I imagine the TSMC fab would be destroyed before being allowed into Chinese hands
- vkou 6y agoAnd then we'll get a decade-long global chip shortage, instead of a year-long one. It's a perfect example of cutting one's nose to spite one's face. Also, Taiwan will end up a large, long-term loser of that, as well. China's ambitions on Taiwan have nearly zero to do with TSMC's presence there. (And everything to do with the past 80 years of history - more specifically, its desire to 'conclude' the civil war. If Taiwan's didn't have a chip industry, the PRC would still have the same goals.)
- throwaway6734 6y ago>And then we'll get a decade-long global chip shortage, instead of a year-long one. Sure and the fabs that get spun up will not be under CCP control which is a clear win.
- vkou 6y agoNose, cut, spite, face. There's no guarantee that's going to be the outcome, and even if it was, it's not one that I'm interested in paying the cost of admission to.