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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by sigstoat on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:28PM (#25605363)
> The strategy that can work is for the EU to partner with TSMC to build a foundry in the EU that produces at the node they want to intercept (2 nm?).

that's hardly in Taiwan's geopolitical interest. perhaps if the EU made some serious political concessions to Taiwan.

Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by aaronblohowiak on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:46PM (#25609044)
Underrated comment! If eu has a viable alternative to tsmc, incentive to protect Taiwan diminishes greatly. Then again, Why would the eu care to fight China? EU does not seem interested in using its power to further democracy elsewhere (or even within Europe.... )