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> Zeihan thinks withdrawing permission to use that property will make the Chinese industry flail and die. More likely they'll just steal it. Bleeding edge chip
by rapsey 4y ago
> Zeihan thinks withdrawing permission to use that property will make the Chinese industry flail and die. More likely they'll just steal it.
Bleeding edge chips are a giant international effort requiring tech from Europe, US, Taiwan and Japan. China has been cut out from that market and simply stealing and starting up all of it domestically is just not realistic. It is a decades long task needing hundreds of billions.
> Personally I doubt anyone will decide it's worth the international scorn to actually do that even if the lack of the US navy makes it physically possible.
Failed states don't have the ability to control their population and they can turn to piracy like Sudan.
- causi 4y agoBleeding edge chips are a giant international effort requiring tech from Europe, US, Taiwan and Japan. China has been cut out from that market The more isolated economies are the less of a difference it makes. How much would your ability to contribute to the economy be damaged if you had to use a phone/computer whose performance was five years out of date? I'm guessing not a lot.
- jfim 4y agoFor general development not that much, but for cutting edge machine learning research, it would be a pretty significant hit.