Re:Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel
by monocasa on Sunday July 12, 2020 @03:56PM
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It probably will materialize. Reading between the lines, the DoD wants close to leading edge fabs on US soil where they can better (in their minds) verify the physical security of what's being manufactured, and is willing to pay absurd amounts of money to make that happen.
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Re:Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel
by pankajdoharey on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:13PM
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Absolutely, Arizona plant is a contingency facility TSMC plants in Taiwan lie within the range of Chinese missiles. It is important for US to not be completely blocked in case of a War. So it is certain it would be built and perhaps in record time looking at the current economic environment.