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That was true in the early years of TSMC. We're so far from government subsidies now that I think it's a moot point.
by anonu 5y ago
That was true in the early years of TSMC. We're so far from government subsidies now that I think it's a moot point.
- mhh__ 5y agoI mean for a new player.
- mycall 5y agoLikely this will come from multilateral government forced break up of TSMC if they get too big.
- bee_rider 5y agoI believe the government of Taiwan seen TSMC as existentially important -- the company is so valuable and unique that attacking them is essentially an attack on the world economy.
- squarefoot 5y agoWhat about a slow seemingly unarmed takeover? I think it's unlikely that the west would respond militarily, and that's probably what the Chinese govt counts on.
- bee_rider 5y agoI mean, I guess if China convinces Taiwan to peacefully rejoin them, that's their right, and it'd really be none of our business, right? It seems like it would be quite a stretch, though, given recent events in the area. In any case, such a change would be slow enough that we could switch over gracefully. Intel and Samsung are only a couple nodes behind, it would be expensive and annoying to change over but we'd manage it. I mean, go back 5 years, right? Computers have not massively changed since then.
- blihp 5y agoYou mean like Intel? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-wins-us-project-develop-foundry-ecosystem.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-...