Re:Europe Is Trying to Reclaim Its Lost Chipmaking Glory
by tablespoon on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:38PM
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> In the face of such organized and concentrated competition, what's so sad about some private businesses falling short?
I think the sad thing they were talking about is those businesses not getting the support they needed, because of an incompetent lack of strategic vision on the part of their governments'. It's like sending your army to a gunfight only armed with knives.
Re:Europe Is Trying to Reclaim Its Lost Chipmaking Glory
by totalZero on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @01:44PM
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I understand that point, but I'm saying the West is not irrelevant ("Has it though" as in, "has it become irrelevant though"). The 'woe is me' is strong in this thread, but the solution is at worst 10 years away if Western governments put their backs into beginning the long process today.
Has it though? The West is up against governments. TSMC is part owned by their government. SMIC is part owned by their government. Samsung's share of South Korean GDP is so large that it might as well be the government.
In the face of such organized and concentrated competition, what's so sad about some private businesses falling short?