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Why would you guess Chinese? Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek are the typical answers for radio chips, no? None of whom are Chinese? There certainly ar

by kllrnohj 11mo ago

Why would you guess Chinese? Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek are the typical answers for radio chips, no? None of whom are Chinese? There certainly are Chinese radio chips, such as from Espressif or Huawei, but they aren't especially popular in APs or anything

alt227 11mo ago
Most of those chips are made in TSMC or samsung foundries, the majority of which are currently in China or South Asia.
- cap11235 11mo ago
  Realtek windows drivers literally have taiwnese written text. They are as American as Lego
  - alt227 11mo ago
    I really dont see what your comment means in response to the current thread?
  - tw04 11mo ago
    So not China unless you’re being pedantic and pretending when people say they are avoiding China they doin don’t mean the mainland governed by the communist party.
- gmanley 11mo ago
  The majority of their foundries are in Taiwan and South Korea which, to avoid politics, is outside what most people mean when they worry about tech made in China (they think about the PRC).
- jamiek88 11mo ago
  None of them are in china. They are in Taiwan and South Korea.
  - kllrnohj 11mo ago
    To be strictly accurate TSMC has exactly 2 fabs in China (Fab 10 & Fab 16). So it's not "none" in China, but very almost none.
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