Taiwan is a pretty important strategic target too.
Would be good use of all that cash we've been throwing at Ukraine to pull the chip fabs and their workers to the U.S., expand our fabrication capabilities and use those workers to mentor and increase the skills of our own.
Building a fab is not easy and takes money, but no one's future is bright if China finally moves in for the kill because of how centralized the world's technology is.
TSMC has an Arizona fab too? Actually did not know that; only knew Intel was building one. That's pretty cool, but we definitely need to continue to wrest the reins of the technological world from Taiwan before we lose the opportunity.
While we're at it, we need to wrest the reins of the medical world away from China because it doesn't take a strategic genius to see that letting an enemy foreign nation produce something like 92% of your antibiotics isn't a good thing.
I'm not sure that would be the worst thing, at this point. China will attack Taiwan because they know Biden cant interfere, he is so compromised.
That would definitely hurt our credibility abroad, but maybe it needs to be hurt. We are in too many alliances as it is, requiring way too much defense spending.
So as much as it would be a national embarrassment, maybe it would be better if it happens now while this hapless administration takes the fall.
We actually have intact treaties requiring us to defend taiwan, unlike ukraine. Different situation
Taiwan is a pretty important strategic target too.
Would be good use of all that cash we've been throwing at Ukraine to pull the chip fabs and their workers to the U.S., expand our fabrication capabilities and use those workers to mentor and increase the skills of our own.
Building a fab is not easy and takes money, but no one's future is bright if China finally moves in for the kill because of how centralized the world's technology is.
We are working towards that, TSMC's Arizona fab is scheduled to begin 4nm production in 2024 and they're building another for 2026 that will do 3.
TSMC has an Arizona fab too? Actually did not know that; only knew Intel was building one. That's pretty cool, but we definitely need to continue to wrest the reins of the technological world from Taiwan before we lose the opportunity.
While we're at it, we need to wrest the reins of the medical world away from China because it doesn't take a strategic genius to see that letting an enemy foreign nation produce something like 92% of your antibiotics isn't a good thing.
Biden will get around that
I'm not sure that would be the worst thing, at this point. China will attack Taiwan because they know Biden cant interfere, he is so compromised.
That would definitely hurt our credibility abroad, but maybe it needs to be hurt. We are in too many alliances as it is, requiring way too much defense spending.
So as much as it would be a national embarrassment, maybe it would be better if it happens now while this hapless administration takes the fall.
I would agree…State Department told US citizens to leave a month or so ago. I think shits going down sooner rather then later
Poor Taiwan :(