Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan
by NotSammyHagar on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @11:33AM
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I like that metaphor that Facebook could be this time's opium export. The US exported intellectual opium, but we suffer from it too. We did it to ourselves though in the us, instead of someone making us use it (or did russia push into this along with cambridge analytica - this crazy example almost pans out).
Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan
by kamaal on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:23AM
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China is a lot more open this time around. Their silk/belt-road initiatives, span across continents.
What you are describing actually applies more to USA than China. Its USA which is a closed country and shutting out anyone it has a mild disagreement with(a.k.a sanctions).
Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan
by mjburgess on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:02AM
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Err... the remarkable thing about the US recently is that it is using sanctions at all. Not that it is "shutting out" people.
In comparison with China, the US is one of the most open countries in the world. China is horrifically closed-off to investment, imports, and so on.
Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan
by redis_mlc on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @06:03AM
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> China is a lot more open this time around. Their silk/belt-road initiatives, span across continents.
Where to start ...
You realize that BRI doesn't have grants, just debt, right?
The purpose of BRI is to build ports for the CCP navy, but have somebody else pay for them.
If Facebook et al are truly addictive then I could make the stretch to that and the exportation of opium over foreign borders, but that's more of a worldwide blight.