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If money is not a problem for them, I don't see how can we deny Chinese companies access to those cards. The soviets were able to smuggle whole mainframes and
by elzbardico 3y ago
If money is not a problem for them, I don't see how can we deny Chinese companies access to those cards.
The soviets were able to smuggle whole mainframes and mini-computers during the 70s. Giant fucking machines that you could only buy trough very specific sales channels. It was not like you could ebay yourself a S/360, and yet, they did it.
- The_Colonel 3y agoIt's not a question of "if" , but "how many". Abd that's largely what matters, same as in the case of USSR.
- BriggyDwiggs42 3y agoWait why? Do you really think the number could be reduced below the requisite amount to do good reverse engineering? That number can’t be more than a couple dozen, and good luck preventing that.
- The_Colonel 3y agoSure, they can reverse engineer it, at a great cost. The production costs will be then much higher than what TSMC charges as well. In the end everything can be reduce to question of "how much will it cost?". It was the same in USSR. They also managed to reverse engineer many western chips and produce clones. But the production wasn't economical and they were a couple of years behind anyway.
- __loam 3y agoAsianometry on YouTube has a ton of videos on Soviet computing including one's discussing things like the failed semiconductor industry in East Germany. The Soviets certainly smuggled and tried to clone a lot of machines but they were always behind the United States.
- Tostino 3y agoI love that channel. It's a mix of topics that I find very, very interesting.
- dilyevsky 3y agoYet they got hopelessly behind in networks, satellite tech and even consumer electronics