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As mentioned, they won’t need the fabs. They’re spending tens of billions of dollars to advance their own vertical chip industry. The US just pulled temporary
by toomuchtodo 3mo ago
As mentioned, they won’t need the fabs. They’re spending tens of billions of dollars to advance their own vertical chip industry.
The US just pulled temporary status from hundreds of thousands of Hatians, so I wouldn’t be so confident what the future looks like for Taiwanese refugees in the US.
TLDR China is going to build whatever chip technology they need to accomplish their technology and geopolitical goals. They have the resources, the will, and the time.
China’s EUV Lithography Progress: Parsing Signal From Noise - https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/chinas-euv-lithography-progress-parsing-signal-from-noise/ https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/chinas-euv-lithography-progr... - July 2nd, 2026
China begins mass production of homegrown DUV chipmaking tools - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076684 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076684 - July 2026
China Tells Telecom Carriers to Phase Out Foreign Chips by 2027 (2024) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767466 - July 2026
US tells ASML it is concerned China may have top chip tool - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602369 - June 2026
- fragmede 3mo agoThe US has a long history of importing scientists, dating back to Vernon von Braun during WWII. It's sad, it's because Hatians aren't TSMC engineers.
- toomuchtodo 3mo agoThe US also has a recent history of making it so hostile that they’re exporting scientists to China, Europe, and Singapore (not exhaustive). Hard to predict the future of who will be welcomed, if they’ll be welcomed, for how long, and if they even want to come to the US. There are many better places to go after all. Physics PhDs Are Leaving the US at a Record-high Rate - https://www.aip.org/fyi/physics-phds-are-leaving-the-us-at-a-record-high-rate https://www.aip.org/fyi/physics-phds-are-leaving-the-us-at-a... - August 4th, 2026 Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816003 - July 2026 (260 comments) Pushed by Trump policies, top U.S. battery scientist is moving to Singapore - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985353 - May 2026 (37 comments) Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906102 - May 2026 (12 comments)