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I'm not an expert, but my impression was that chip fabs are incredibly sterile places. You could probably disable one for a long time by just chucking a barrel
by everforward 4y ago
I'm not an expert, but my impression was that chip fabs are incredibly sterile places. You could probably disable one for a long time by just chucking a barrel full of dust into the cleanroom.
If it were total destruction, my money would be on artillery. Wikipedia says the range for modern artillery is 15-300km, which gives a very wide radius in which artillery could be hidden (ignoring local geography). If the artillery was preemptively dialed into the fab, it could be fired at very short notice, and I don't think anyone would be able to stop the shells mid-flight.
- oceanghost 4y agoI worked in a clean room for a couple of years-- you are correct that any contamination could cost months of cleaning. Possibly even losing environmental control of the facility. A lot of people don't realize clean rooms have temperatures/humidity factors that must be maintained. That being said I'm sure the real risk is the Chinese capturing the machines-- it is acknowledged they are about 15 years behind the state of the art.