3 ms·
The main problem of course is that the US government is so dependent on a single company because they allowed the instruction set to be protected IP since forev
by sloowm 3y ago
The main problem of course is that the US government is so dependent on a single company because they allowed the instruction set to be protected IP since forever, allowed imports from countries without demanding they provide the same labor and environmental protections and they didn't invest in a well educated population that would allow for new advancements to be homegrown.
If the buybacks are undesirable they should tax them. If Intel is trying to divest they should start working towards alternatives and put the government contracts towards companies that do not create these issues.
- Workaccount2 3y agoThe instruction set has nothing to do with semiconductor fabrication... The reason Intel is the only one is because cutting-edge chip making is arguably the most capital intensive and challenging industry in the world. There are literally only three companies on Earth who do it.
- sloowm 3y agoFor general computing in desktops and servers x86 has had close to a monopoly for the last 20 years. Arguing that this does not influence the semiconductor industry is a more bold take than arguing that it does...