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It seems feasible technically. The machines and process is just about effectively the same regardless of the chip manufacturer, since they all use the same ASM

It seems feasible technically. The machines and process is just about effectively the same regardless of the chip manufacturer, since they all use the same ASML EUV technology to produce the wafers. From a regulation perspective though, it's sus from my point of view but definitely not unheard of in other industries of course. Reading the article, it sounds like the government agent is pressuring the shareholders of those firms to in turn pressure nVidia and Apple to use those fabs. And it reads like the official didn't mention Intel by name, so par for the course for avoiding scrutiny using the "invisible hand" (/s) of the market.

re-thc 2y ago
> since they all use the same ASML EUV technology to produce the wafers If only that's all there is to it. This is sort of the media's simplified view for the general public. And well what some people want to talk about. There are lots of vendors involved with a lot of unique technologies in the mix. If it was so simple everyone would just buy these machines and copy it. > The machines and process is just about effectively the same It's clearly different. Apple experienced it first hand many times. Same as Qualcomm. Try ask TSMC and Samsung to manufacture the same design over roughly the same generation and there have been vastly different results.