Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping
by fakedang on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:26PM
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How many TSMC foundries are in Taiwan alone? Sure, they could straight up invade Taiwan, but I'd wager that most of the affluent and the middle class (which would include a lot of TSMC engineers) will have quickly moved shop away from the island by then. So even if China took over the island, the intellect would have escaped.
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Re:Dreams of a Red Emperor: The Relentless Rise of Xi Jinping
by jcranmer on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:32PM
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I believe all of the cutting-edge process node foundries are in Taiwan. If all of those foundries were to be lost, that would be something like 50% of the entire production capacity for computers, computer peripherals, and smartphones completely axed, and it would take years for the capacity to resume.