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Re:Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options by quiescant_dodo on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:52PM (#25574831)
If China encroaches on Taiwan, the US is economically obligated to intervene; losing access to TSMC would be a massive hit. (It seems that TSMC is getting increasingly-advanced over their competitors, but maybe that's just my media blindspot.)

I expect the federal government to take action here, probably by giving huge monetary incentives to Intel/AMD for creating a state-of-the-art fab in the US.

Re:Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options by tacotacotaco on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:40PM (#25575382)
China has been hiring engineers from TSMC to make their own chips. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-hires-over...

TMSC is planning to build a fab factory in the US. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2020/05/15/tsmcs-anno...