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> I wonder how a war over Taiwan would impact that time table? There won't be any war if China invades Taiwan, merely devastating impact. If China were t
by Maursault 4y ago
> I wonder how a war over Taiwan would impact that time table?
There won't be any war if China invades Taiwan, merely devastating impact.
If China were to invade Taiwan, the most-advanced chip factory in the world would be rendered “not operable,” TSMC Chair Mark Liu said. “The war brings no winners, everybody's losers,” Liu said. He said an invasion would cause economic turmoil for China, Taiwan and Western countries.[0]
[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/apple-chipmaker-tsmc-warns-taiwan-china-war-would-make-everybody-losers.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/apple-chipmaker-tsmc-warns-t...
- FpUser 4y agoIf China is cut off from Taiwan's most advanced tech that it can not produce on its own it might as well stop caring that the factories get destroyed.
- Maursault 4y agoFour months later...[1] [1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwan-signals-its-chip-firms-will-follow-new-us-rules-china-2022-10-08/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwan-signals-its-chip-f...
- FpUser 4y agoAs they say "she was asking for it". Basically they put themselves between rock and hard place. If / when the US will transplant their tech / factories to the US soil or the other safe place they might suddenly loose strong will to protect Taiwan with all their military might.
- Maursault 4y agoI think we should just move the whole island to a spot off the coast of California.