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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by KaoruAoiShiho on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:20PM (#25897248)
Think it's more accurate to say the US dominates software ecosystems that keep the processor designs relevant. China and Korea also have competitive processors.
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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by totalZero on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:41PM (#25897383)
My point in the comment to which you responded is not that entirety of each constituent stage of the semiconductor production cycle belongs entirely to a different country. Rather, I contend that the lion's share of each constituent stage is maintained by a different country.

I agree that Korea has competitive processor designs. Of course, even Samsung uses many Qualcomm SoCs and licenses many Qualcomm patents. If you remove US-developed design IP entirely from the Samsung portfolio, how many Samsung products would be affected? I think many.

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