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Samsung, Intel, SMIC are not incredibly far behind. TSMC is the best because we (the US and its customers) trust them more than its competitors and so fund its
by astrange 1y ago
Samsung, Intel, SMIC are not incredibly far behind. TSMC is the best because we (the US and its customers) trust them more than its competitors and so fund its R&D and license them more exclusive technologies.
- dontlaugh 1y agoSMIC in particular have made very quick progress. They’d probably match TSMC first in such a scenario.
- ta9000 1y agoIn case of a war, SMIC would likely also be unavailable.
- dontlaugh 1y agoUnavailable to whom exactly?
- astrange 1y agoNo they haven't, they're just trying to show off by running older processes with high failure rates very hard to make it look like they can keep up. We're not giving them EUV and they can't reinvent it, so they're stuck.