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Making money is not the primary object. Currently chips for civilian and military applications often come out of Taiwan. The strategic and political situatio
by Kim_Bruning 3y ago
Making money is not the primary object.
Currently chips for civilian and military applications often come out of Taiwan.
The strategic and political situation of Taiwan is -fluid. Losing these fabs would be a heavy blow to the west both economically and more importantly qua military defense.
Thus extra fabs in other (western) countries are pro-indicated for this reason alone. It's insurance.
- The_Colonel 3y agoLosing Taiwan fabs would have only minimal military impact. Military hardware uses older computing tech, built on larger nodes (its development takes many years / decades). It's also relatively low volume and military can outbid almost any other customer. I believe the importance of Taiwanese fabs is very overstated. Taiwan is mainly a (geo) political matter.