There is no such thing as a “smallish” chip manufacturer that can manufacture leading edge chips. It’s about scale.
If it were that easy, Apple, Amazon, Google AMD, Nvidia, etc who all design their own chips would have done it.
If it were that easy, Apple, Amazon, Google AMD, Nvidia, etc who all design their own chips would have done it.
Companies are run to make a profit… they don’t care about sovereignty as long as the money is coming in.
BUT - all you then need to do is create a Delaware LLC that buys the strategic stock, which is owned by $SCARY_FOREIGNERS
It could be extremely lucrative if they get it right.
Simply trying to copy TSMC would also be a poor strategy.
Companies have "core competencies" (or should). The manufacture (not design) of high-end silicon has never been one for any of these companies except Intel, and they have just lost big time.
> strategically valuable to the US
Yeah, they don't care.