TSMC is such a (sadly) hilarious "cooperation" story: 1. Hey, TSMC, come to the US, we will give you a fuckton of CHIPS Act money and extend the US military um

TSMC is such a (sadly) hilarious "cooperation" story: 1. Hey, TSMC, come to the US, we will give you a fuckton of CHIPS Act money and extend the US military umbrella over Taiwan. 2. Oh, yeah, it turns out building and runnig an advanced fab in the US is 3x more expensive than in Taiwan. Too bad. 3. Hmm, now that you are here, why don't you co-invest into Intel and share some of your IP? 4. No? Here, have some 100% tariffs. Nice doing business with you.