Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6%

Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by bombcar on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:38AM (#33009250)

It may take time, and it may take more money than people want to spend, but I don't see how it can cost much more than half a trillion dollars, since you could just buy TSMC for less than that.

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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by gizmo on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:04PM (#33009547)

1) TSMC is not for sale. It's of national importance to Taiwan.

2) There is only one TSMC. If you could just buy one for 500bn the EU would have bought 3 already. Building your own TSMC from scratch takes a decade, if not longer.

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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by bombcar on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:23PM (#33009804)

If it takes a decade the time to start is now.

I bet if you try the US and EU quietly tell you to stop, because Taiwan without a TSMC monopoly would be very scared.

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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by hollerith on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:21PM (#33011361)

And why do the US and European governments care more about how scared Taiwan is than the security of their access to high-end semiconductors?

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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by bombcar on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:23PM (#33011383)

Cynically I'd say it's because high-end semiconductors aren't as important to national security as people think they are.

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