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Re:TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80B tr... by koheripbal on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:38AM (#25289218)
> Do you think the machinery will work? Do you think the staff will work? Do you think that TSMC will be able to get the materials it needs for production? Do you think TSMC will be able to run any of the software they need for their operations?

Yes to all of those questions. Even if it took a year to re-establish dependencies in sourcing of materials, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to do it.

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Re:TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80B tr... by Strom on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:09PM (#25304857)
> I don't see why they wouldn't be able to do it

There can easily be plenty of critical knowledge employees who don't like the idea of their homeland now being occupied and would rather migrate to Singapore or Australia or something.

China clearly needs these people, otherwise they would already have a factory of their own going.

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Re:TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80B tr... by koheripbal on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:33AM (#25332436)
Most people at this level have families, and if told that they can keep their jobs/homes, will almost all stay.
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