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US government wouldn't let intel down, this is matter of national security (only grown semiconductor fabs left on US soil) and edge of US tech dominance
by tonyhart7 2y ago
US government wouldn't let intel down, this is matter of national security (only grown semiconductor fabs left on US soil) and edge of US tech dominance
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoThat's the bet I made after the crash last summer. I think the USG only really cares about the fabs, as we've shown the ability to design better chips than intel's here. Time will tell if I'm right.
- badsandwitch 2y agoWhen that happens typically the company starts optimizing for sucking money from the government. From the point of view of the consumer Intel would be finished.
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- hn3er1q 2y ago> only grown semiconductor fabs left on US soil not sure what a "grown" semiconductor fab is but follow this link and sort by location https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat... The number of homegrown companies with fabs is greater than 1
- tonyhart7 2y agookay, I forgot about texas instruments but lets not kidding ourselves here Intel is literally run pretty much (consumer and bussiness) the most here it would create so much loses not just by security but also effect on economy would be so high
- formerly_proven 2y agoSince HN generally considers everything older than two nodes completely irrelevant, all of those fabs except for Intel are completely irrelevant.
- tonyhart7 2y agobecause other company that still run is so small in terms of marketshare even when they bankrupt tomorrow, it wouldn't make market shakes but intel going bankrupt would change market permanently