Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More
by kelnos on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:17AM
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China has wanted Taiwan long before they fabbed semiconductors. It's a matter of ego and nationalism, not economics.
It's also political: China hates that there's a Western-style democracy full of "Chinese rebels" on an island 80 miles from their doorstep. They also don't like the cozy relationship between the Taiwanese and US militaries.
It's also political: China hates that there's a Western-style democracy full of "Chinese rebels" on an island 80 miles from their doorstep. They also don't like the cozy relationship between the Taiwanese and US militaries.