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why is anyone surprised by this? I remember that the main discussion around the new China chip embargo was basically that it will only lead to China expediting
by yesbut 3y ago
why is anyone surprised by this? I remember that the main discussion around the new China chip embargo was basically that it will only lead to China expediting their domestic chip industry.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoIf necessity of the mother of invention, a chip embargo is IVF.
- Teever 3y agoBut does China want to be doing that? The fact that they weren't growing their domestic chip industry at the rate that they were before the embargo tells you the answer to that question is no, they do not want to be doing this. With that in mind, why do they not want to be doing this? What is the opportunity cost for China?
- prismic 3y agoChina absolutely do want that. For one, reducing the world's dependence on Taiwan-made semiconductor will demotivate some countries from backing the island nation on its independence claims.
- Teever 3y agoYes, obviously on some level they want it, but they didn't start focusing on it until they were forced to, so obviously on some level they also didn't want it.