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The part I don't understand about the article is why software companies and builders of durable consumer goods care where the fabs for chips are located. Does i
by cestith 4y ago
The part I don't understand about the article is why software companies and builders of durable consumer goods care where the fabs for chips are located. Does it harm Windows or Visual Studio if the processor is from China? Can Tesla not build cars with chips from wherever can build them?
Losing the semiconductor industry is bad all on its own. We don't need to pretend other industries can't go on functioning on chips made in South Korea from ISAs developed in the UK.
- truffdog 4y agoIf you don't own the full industrial and agricultural stack, in times of stress it will be yanked from under you. See international news from 2020-2022.
- cestith 4y agoThat's a good reason to have the semiconductor industry. The software wouldn't stop working on existing processors during a disruption of several months or a few years. The focus should still be on the semiconductor industry rather than certain consumers of it.
- yucky 4y agoWell let's pretend Ukraine controlled 67% of all semiconductor manufacturing. Now let's pretend Russia invades them and they can no longer freely produce or export those chips, and since it can take years to get new foundries up and running elsewhere in the world, that means we are all screwed. Now swap Ukraine with Taiwan, and Russia with China and you have your answer.
- cestith 4y agoNo, I really don't. Everyone would be impacted by a semiconductor shortage, as we've already seen. Yet the software continues to work on existing processors and memory modules. The focus should be on where the shortage would be, not on a certain small and unrepresentative subset of who could be impacted by the shortage.
- baybal2 4y ago