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The US Government could pass a new ruling requiring all chips in all military hardware (or even all hardware used by any government agency) down to the smallest
by sschueller 3y ago
The US Government could pass a new ruling requiring all chips in all military hardware (or even all hardware used by any government agency) down to the smallest IoT shit needs to be made in the US by a US firm.
I doubt Intel would need any money or other incentive if the orders start coming in.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoGood way to force Intel/all remaining chipmakers to move its headquarters to other country.
- rob74 3y ago...and then stop buying military hardware for 5+ years, until these US-made chips are available?
- willcipriano 3y agoPurchase orders like this happen years out. Before the deliveries dry up, Intel's cash flow will dip and investors will riot until Intel is ready to do business in the US.
- wakawaka28 3y agoThe military may not be a large enough customer to make such demands. Or perhaps a handful of companies would do it at 100x the cost of similar civilian products. It would turn into another $10k toilet seat fiasco.
- andsoitis 3y agoIt is highly likely that that was considered but discounted for being suboptimal.
- lumb63 3y agoThe supply chain for military hardware is already under heavy scrutiny. I don’t think the CHIPS Act is about security; it’s about onshoring production so the US can avoid caring about Taiwan.
- Workaccount2 3y agoThis is basically already how it is. This is also why nobody ever wants to cut the DoD budget, it's basically the backbone of American manufacturing for everything. All the stuff our company makes for the military needs to be US made, despite us being able to get the same stuff from China for 1/10 the cost. It's also a kick-your-door-down-and-go-prison offense if you try and skirt this. My company knows that first hand (unintentional, but the DoD doesn't care)