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At least for semiconductors a lot of the magic is distributed tribal knowledge among engineers and the sophisticated equipment used to fabricate the devices (al
by nwiswell 5y ago
At least for semiconductors a lot of the magic is distributed tribal knowledge among engineers and the sophisticated equipment used to fabricate the devices (all major suppliers are in the US, Europe, and Japan). So theft is not really a complete solution, although it can help.
- klipt 5y agoSo if there were a war and the existing equipment got bombed, the world would basically be set 10 years behind on computing?
- nwiswell 5y ago> basically be set 10 years behind on computing That probably overstates the case a little bit since capacity is distributed around the world, but in some sense yes. It's not particularly hypothetical. If China (PRC) was to invade Taiwan, that would potentially knock out a frightening proportion of the world's leading-edge capacity.
- dontcare007 5y ago