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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by baybal2 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @05:18PM (#26573068)
> They have also been expanding outside China-Taiwan, distributing their capacity and developing support in the USA and Europe. Worst case (actual shooting war between China and Taiwan) they would have a lot to fall back on.

Very unlikely. In case of a shooting war, the industry will run out of consumables sooner, or later. As a fact, 90%+ of them come from the Taiwan/Japan/Korea triangle, and just any military move in the region will be effectively shutting the industry down globally.

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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by frandroid on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:28PM (#26575895)
Which basically ensures no one will start a shooting war.
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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by baybal2 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:01AM (#26577858)
> Which basically ensures no one will start a shooting war.

And seeing men thinking so again, 100 years after, only tells that Raymond Poincaré was right.

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