Planning to fight China to the last Taiwan person :sadness-abysmal:

  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I mean, I’m pretty sure i heard the chip fabrication technologies have some sort of strategic advantage for the west, so they will get in the way of that

    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It is but that also gives China a lot of leverage, if you mess with that ecosystem even a little itd cause huge shocks to the global economy and it isnt something you can repair fast

      • Grownbravy [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I dunno, risking the production capacity of a territory no longer under your influence seems like a thing they’d do, even if fabs elsewhere are years from approaching the capacity these existing fabs have

    • Foolio [any]
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      2 years ago

      There's a Dutch company - ASML - that has a virtual monopoly on specialized equipment used in fabs (mostly lithography), and they refuse to sell one of the most advanced models to China under pressure from the West.