> I anyways hear about how the entire semiconductor industry is completely dependent on TSMC, and nothing can operate without them, thus their geopolitical impo

> I anyways hear about how the entire semiconductor industry is completely dependent on TSMC, and nothing can operate without them, thus their geopolitical importance. This is quite hyperbolic. While losing TSMC will have a massive global impact, there are alternatives in many different market segments (e.g. Intel for CPUs and GPUs for computing, be it personal or datacenter), STMicro/NXP/Infineon/Bosch for industrial applications, etc. They may not be as advanced, or as good, or as cheap, or in enough quantities, but it's flat out false to say that TSMC is the entire semiconductor industry. Just a major portion of the bleeding edge.