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Ok, no new joint ventures, no existing joint ventures for cutting edge technologies. But the West can pay for the defense of Taiwan, directly and indirectly via
by aklcna 2y ago
Ok, no new joint ventures, no existing joint ventures for cutting edge technologies. But the West can pay for the defense of Taiwan, directly and indirectly via unnecessarily worsening relationships with China.
I suppose technology transfer works one way only. How about selling ASML wafer steppers in Europe only, until Europe has a functioning chip industry?
- selimthegrim 2y agoTaiwan invested in this stuff and we didn’t.
- lernert 2y agoYes, Europe did invest: https://semiwiki.com/semiconductor-manufacturers/333584-how-philips-saved-tsmc/ https://semiwiki.com/semiconductor-manufacturers/333584-how-... "TSMC and Philips have deep historical ties. In fact, TSMC may not have existed without Philips. In the 1980s TSMC was established as a joint venture with Philips Electronics, the government of Taiwan, and other private investors. Several semiconductor companies were approached by Morris Chang for funding including semiconductor giants Intel and Texas Instruments but neither chose to participate. Both Intel and TI are now TSMC customers so it came full circle." ASML is also a Philips spinoff from the time in which large European corporations sold off their IP to basically anyone. So the Trump quote in the Reuters article is wrong, in that not 100% of the U.S. chip industry was stolen; but you can bet there was technology transfer from Philips (European chip industry) to TSMC in the beginning.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoAlso, the US doesn't "defend" Taiwan for the good of Taiwan, but merely to further US interests in the region.