TSMC to build second Japan chip factory, raising investment to $20B

Re:TSMC to build second Japan chip factory, raising investme... by macintux on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:17PM (#39292089)

Many leaders have discovered that war against an external enemy is a powerful unifier, at least in the short to medium term. I would never assume that Xi won’t eventually take advantage of that.

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Re:TSMC to build second Japan chip factory, raising investme... by ethbr1 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:28PM (#39292244)

Honestly, Russia invading Ukraine, the global economic response to Russia, and China seeing all of that... probably saved Taiwan.

China doesn't have the natural resource base within its borders (they're digging up their iron ore reserves faster than any country, and they have to import oil) that Russia does.

Consequently, economic sanctions slow their economy down a lot faster than Russia's.

War may be an internal unifier... but unemployment, poverty, and scarcity is a rapid internal disintegrator.

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Re:TSMC to build second Japan chip factory, raising investme... by FpUser on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:54PM (#39296457)

>"unemployment, poverty, and scarcity is a rapid internal disintegrator."

Looking at "disintegrated" Cuba...

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