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Taiwan would be destroyed in an invasion, TSMC along with it. China would then have a de-facto monopoly on semiconductor manufacturing. This is why the manufact
by krona 5y ago
Taiwan would be destroyed in an invasion, TSMC along with it. China would then have a de-facto monopoly on semiconductor manufacturing. This is why the manufacturing needs to diversify geographically.
- FooBarWidget 5y agoIsn't Samsung also pretty close?
- mantas 5y agoAnd South Korea is pretty close to China as well...
- FooBarWidget 5y agoChina's relationship with South Korea is fundamentally different from China's relationship with Taiwan.
- arroz 5y agoSouth Korea is pretty close to North Korea which although much more unlikely could happen too
- arroz 5y agoSamsung technology is used mainly for memories. Why? No idea. In any case, people would have to migrate their workflows which would take time, and then manufacture there. This would cause huge delays / price spikes There are other chip manufactures in the world too if people are willing to buy outdated technology (like 10 years in the past) Also intel is investing a lot in manufacturing technology, it plans to be better than TSMC by 2025 iirc. Will it happen? No idea, but they are working toward this. I wouldn’t be surprised if the US government were financing this in some way