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Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion. (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

There are something like a hundred chip factories across the world. TSMC itself has around 20 (mostly in Taiwan). One dying would definitely raise prices, but we won't be losing 'most modern technology'. And of course they'd have lightning cables; they aren't idiots.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They develop IC on iPhones?!!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yes, TSMC makes the chips for iPhones, as well as Snapdragon processors used by many (but not all) high-end Android phones. Samsung has their own factory in South Korea, and Huawei has theirs in mainland China. Further, low-end smartphones and most dumbphones use Unisoc chips that are made in China.

    As for desktop computers, Intel has factories in the US, and AMD (GlobalFoundries) in Germany and Singapore.

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