JimMarch t1_ixhqcta wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by Capt_morgan72 in TSMC Racing to 1nm, Investing $32 Billion for Fab: Report by brohymn80

Those Taiwanese chip plants are the reason the United States Navy had a lot of others are going to go all in protecting Taiwan if China gets jumpy.

Any Chinese invasion is likely to take out the chip plants which sets the world into it 5 to 10 year recession, China included. And if China does take the chip plants intact and is able to operate them without the expats working in them, or captures them and forces them to work, China then has a springboard for unlimited economic warfare against pretty much anybody due to their dominant chip Monopoly at that point.

Those chip plants are protecting Taiwan. And they're way smart enough to know it.

Exist50 t1_ixiaci6 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:26 PM

You pretty much only hear this on Reddit.

JimMarch t1_ixib02v wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:30 PM

You think I'm wrong?

US policy is to be unclear on whether or not we would back Taiwan in a fight with China if China attacks. If the US population understood that any China attack would require a US response due to how critical Taiwan is to the world economy via those chip plants, it would change the voters perception of US foreign policy.

For some reason this isn't being talked about on the mainstream media. It might be part of an effort to prevent a Chinese attack? I have no idea. But something damn weird is going on.

The importance of those Taiwanese chip fabs to the world economy is absolutely obvious to anybody paying attention.

Exist50 t1_ixigd9q wrote on November 23, 2022 at 6:05 PM

From its geographic location alone, the US has had a strategic interest in Taiwan since long before TSMC became the dominant foundry. Nor is TSMC's dominance in that area assured. Not even the most hawkish of pundits seem to think China could realistically invade Taiwan for at least a decade, and that's just considering the logistic feasibility. A decade is an eternity in tech, and TSMC is not so far ahead of Samsung or Intel to be unassailable.

Obviously, yes, if TSMC were to be razed, it would have very significant global economic affects. But people act like it would set the world back 15 years, which is just absurd.

JimMarch t1_ixigjaq wrote on November 23, 2022 at 6:06 PM

Not 15 years, no. But five at least.