TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shortage

Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by TrainedMonkey on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:14PM (#30506524)

There is a third pipe which is ability of Russia to use foreign currency to buy stuff. That is the pipe that got turned off, it is not clear if/why Russia would continue to send gas.

On one hand they could stop sending gas, on the other hand what else would they do with that gas? I am hoping that they do not have significant storage or transportation to Asia infrastructure.

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by octoberfranklin on Monday February 28, 2022 @11:08PM (#30509407)

That third pipe has a large arterial which detours through China before reaching the West.

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by bilbo0s on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @09:51AM (#30514837)

You assume that it would reach the West.

Maybe China just takes the Russian gas and pays them in Yuan.

I have a hard time believing that China will forward energy resources to anyone else when they, themselves could be using said resources. But I could be wrong. Maybe they're big hearted like that.

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by spartanatreyu on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:06PM (#30507734)

Putin is definitely going to try and launder his monetary reserves through China to access the greater world.

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by aaaaaaaaata on Monday February 28, 2022 @11:54PM (#30509786)

So Bitcoin?

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by SR2Z on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:00PM (#30507691)

Presumably oligarchs and Putin think that there's a way for them to evade sanctions.

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