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Re:US Says Chinese Seizure of TSMC in Taiwan Would Be 'Absol... by pjc50 on Thursday May 09, 2024 @11:53AM (#40309485)
> Aka what total percentage of chip supply

Given what happened during COVID, and how any advanced consumer product contains multiple chips, I suspect you'd see most consumer electronics more complicated than a toaster would become unavailable for months to years, including cars.

It's also highly likely that one of the parties, or even just a rogue Taiwanese nationalist officer, would destroy the fab rather than allow it to be captured.

(Yes, all of this can be moved to different fabs and can be switched to different parts .. but those are time consuming and expensive things to do! Especially when everyone else is trying to do them as well. Expect a "we can't bring up the fab because we can't source PCs" moment.)

Don't forget that if this particular balloon goes up most electronics assembly capacity becomes unavailable as well, because it was in Shenzen.

Re:US Says Chinese Seizure of TSMC in Taiwan Would Be 'Absol... by iwontberude on Thursday May 09, 2024 @12:36PM (#40309978)
Yeah losing many thousands of young men to capture an island with diminished strategic importance may cause a bit of a continuity problem for the CCP leadership. Sure it’s useful for defending China from eastern invasion, but no one is invading China anytime soon.
Re:US Says Chinese Seizure of TSMC in Taiwan Would Be 'Absol... by randomopining on Thursday May 09, 2024 @12:48PM (#40310129)
Most will probably come from non-major cities and towns so I doubt it will be a problem. CCP knows they can take stuff pretty far. Probably only food production and fossil fuels are their chokepoints.
Re:US Says Chinese Seizure of TSMC in Taiwan Would Be 'Absol... by pjc50 on Friday May 10, 2024 @03:51AM (#40316390)
> Yeah losing many thousands of young men to capture an island

Just like Russia, do not underestimate the level of disinterest by the leadership in how many of their pawns survive.

Re:US Says Chinese Seizure of TSMC in Taiwan Would Be 'Absol... by tonetegeatinst on Thursday May 09, 2024 @02:13PM (#40311131)
Turns out hoarding old Xeon CPU's and servers for the homelab has suddenly become a national strategic asset if Taiwan TSMC gets hit