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China's invasion of Taiwan could be thwarted by a lead chipmaker's "kill switch"
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- simonblack 2y agoAt this point in history, killing off Taiwanese chip companies would be a bigger disaster for the West than for China. China has lots of chipmakers (and producing even more in the future), the West not so much. TSMC makes something like 60% of the Wests's chips IIRC.
- Bluestein 2y agoIt used to mean Mutually Assured Destruction. Not anymore ...
- verdverm 2y agoThe CPP is not invading for the chips The existence of a Chinese ethnic democracy delegitimatizes the CCP as a government. It shows the Chinese people that there are alternatives which are successful