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That was before it was seen as a potential national security issue. Semiconductors could end up like the US defense industry, which the US feeds with a continu
by worrycue 5y ago
That was before it was seen as a potential national security issue.
Semiconductors could end up like the US defense industry, which the US feeds with a continuous amount of money (recession or not) and is not outsourced for obvious reasons - but its products are sold to others; other countries outsource to the US. The US buys military tech on occasion but rarely ever directly buy the hardware in significant numbers - they will manufacture it in-house. It's great if it turns a profit but that's not the point.
Every country has their own defense industry if they can afford it.
- zsmi 5y agoIt was the cold war and Reagan was president. Believe me, plenty of people were using the national security angle.
- worrycue 5y agoThat was just talk. With the current shortage there is plenty of evidence. Things are a lot different now too given how widely use semiconductors are. That said, it remains to be seen how seriously the US government is about this. The $50 billion USD bill hasn’t passed through Congress yet. But if the US government does decide to make huge moves, things might change in a big way. TSMC is no doubt pretty worried hence their setting up of fabs in the US now in an attempt to hopefully ward off US government action.