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If China takes Taiwan, that would shift the balance of power due to Taiwan's role as the leading global chip fabricator.

The most recent episode of the podcast ChinaTalk, "China's Chip Dreams", dated March 26, 2021, is relevant.

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I don't see a scenario where China gets anything more than a smoldering crater in terms of industry if they manage to take Taiwan by force.

Maybe a solution is to arm the Taiwanese citizens.

They already have mandatory service. I don't think you would get a worthwhile benefit from passing out guns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Taiwan

It would be good for the rest of the world to start having an alternative source of chip development. It's really not a good idea to have such dependence on one producer you can trust.

i wish i could share the link, but i havnt bookmarked it, there was a considerable discussion[s] regarding small scale chip fabrication in a garage just for the "shizenschpiel"

[ADNDM] turns out i can share the link after a brief search here is one of them :

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24604093

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23fTB3hG5cA

and credit where credit is due:

http://sam.zeloof.xyz/category/semiconductor/

I guess you haven't been paying attention to recent announcements in the US... they are pursuing just that policy since Biden came into office.

Since Trump, but it is great that Biden kept it.

Nope, here’s one of the announcements: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-supply-chains-i...

Not at all surprising that Biden doesn't want to give Trump credit, but the push for more US chipmaking did begin under Trump:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-chip-makers-including...

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/15/tsmc-to-build-us-chip-factor...

Well rather than let China get control of the fabs, US and allies might just decide to blow them up.

No one really knows how this is all going to play out..

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