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Re:If China takes over Taiwan, what happens to silicon chips? by wrycoder on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:49PM (#28753866)
1. If Taiwan loses, the fabs will be scuttled.

2. If China loses, they will bomb the fabs on the way out.

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Re:If China takes over Taiwan, what happens to silicon chips? by triactual on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:00PM (#28753947)
Number three is run away profit for every other fab in the world. Like the fabs in hard-to-bomb parts of the US. I realize they are not at the level of TSMC but that’s because they have not had to get to that level. They will.
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