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Re:Supply Chain Security Is the Whole Enchilada, but Who’s W... by nyolfen on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:27PM (#18156488)
>What abou Italy? Honduras? Liechtenstein? Nigeria? Should they all produce their own hardware for national security concerns? And why stop there?

wrt computers, why not if they're capable and willing? it has increasingly obvious and critical security considerations. russia already has a fledgling domestic processor industry for these reasons:

https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/05/25/russia-showcases-f...

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Re:Supply Chain Security Is the Whole Enchilada, but Who’s W... by sct202 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @06:15PM (#18157583)
Russia's processor industry is also still dependent on foreign fabs like TSMC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus-8S

It seems like the main fabricators based in Russia are still working on getting below 90nm.

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Re:Supply Chain Security Is the Whole Enchilada, but Who’s W... by vanviegen on Sunday October 07, 2018 @10:38AM (#18160749)
Sure, not many nations would be producing current-gen chips anytime soon. But in case the fan is hit, I imagine ~15 year old tech will make do just fine.
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