The goal for the US, if they cannot realistically ensure that Taiwan will remain free from PRC influence, will be to make sure the trillions of dollars of silicon fabrication capital gets destroyed. It wouldn't take a lot.
I think the US policy ghouls are too myopically focused on microchips as their one best vector to strangle Chinese growth. They either haven't considered, or just don't care, about the absolutely devastating impact of the destruction of TSMC on the global economy and lives of ordinary people.
They haven't considered it because it's not like they'd care if they did. I would imagine that in the minds of US policy ghouls, the supply chain prior to raw materials arriving at a fab simply is simply a magic black box that violence goes into and cobalt comes out of.
The goal for the US, if they cannot realistically ensure that Taiwan will remain free from PRC influence, will be to make sure the trillions of dollars of silicon fabrication capital gets destroyed. It wouldn't take a lot.
I think the US policy ghouls are too myopically focused on microchips as their one best vector to strangle Chinese growth. They either haven't considered, or just don't care, about the absolutely devastating impact of the destruction of TSMC on the global economy and lives of ordinary people.
They haven't considered it because it's not like they'd care if they did. I would imagine that in the minds of US policy ghouls, the supply chain prior to raw materials arriving at a fab simply is simply a magic black box that violence goes into and cobalt comes out of.