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So are you saying that the US is actively trying to get invaded by moving TSMC out of Taiwan?
by FooBarWidget 3y ago
So are you saying that the US is actively trying to get invaded by moving TSMC out of Taiwan?
- bick_nyers 3y agoNo... China doesn't want TSMC they want Taiwan... and thrusting the world into the technological dark ages for a decade by blowing up the leading semiconductor factory isn't a favorable political stance to take.
- futhey 3y agoI'm not arguing with your point, but the impact moving a small amount of chip production to the US will have. "Let's just move TSMC to the US" is a naive solution to the problem most people with little industry experience arrive at. No real effort is being made to move any significant portion of final fabrication out of Taiwan and into the US, and the latest and greatest processes are being developed exclusively in Taiwan. Progress on 5nm fabs in AZ will probably be excruciatingly slow, dependent on significant numbers of Taiwanese worker exchanges, and produce a chip 2 generations behind cutting edge by the time it's operational. There's some backlash in Taiwan over "piercing the silicon shield", but it looks like it could end up being a way to get the US and Taiwan to cooperate even more intensely than they already do.
- Freire_Herval 3y agoChina won't invade the US for the same reason the US won't invade China. It's just another cold war.