The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC

Re:The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC by mhh__ on Monday January 17, 2022 @09:05PM (#29974101)

I mean for a new player.

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Re:The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC by blihp on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:28PM (#29974688)

You mean like Intel? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-...

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Re:The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC by mycall on Monday January 17, 2022 @09:33PM (#29974309)

Likely this will come from multilateral government forced break up of TSMC if they get too big.

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Re:The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC by bee_rider on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:41PM (#29974801)

I believe the government of Taiwan seen TSMC as existentially important -- the company is so valuable and unique that attacking them is essentially an attack on the world economy.

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Re:The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC by squarefoot on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:27AM (#29975823)

What about a slow seemingly unarmed takeover? I think it's unlikely that the west would respond militarily, and that's probably what the Chinese govt counts on.

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Re:The money printing press that is chip maker TSMC by bee_rider on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:50PM (#29982864)

I mean, I guess if China convinces Taiwan to peacefully rejoin them, that's their right, and it'd really be none of our business, right? It seems like it would be quite a stretch, though, given recent events in the area. In any case, such a change would be slow enough that we could switch over gracefully.

Intel and Samsung are only a couple nodes behind, it would be expensive and annoying to change over but we'd manage it. I mean, go back 5 years, right? Computers have not massively changed since then.

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