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Re:China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip lead... by emteycz on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:54AM (#24131097)
TSMC does not have unlimited resources, and even if the resources were provided to them, Taiwan is a much smaller economy.
Re:China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip lead... by stefan_ on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:48PM (#24135399)
The entire fricking world except Intel gets their cutting-edge (read: profitable) chips made by TSMC. There is quite frankly a lot of latitude for them to raise prices.
Re:China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip lead... by velox_io on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:13PM (#24137650)
Ironically, even Intel is now planning to use TSMC. Makes you wonder if hell is freezing over...

http://fortune.com/2020/07/28/intel-7nm-delay-tsmc-stock-sha...