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		m00x on July 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TSMC delays U.S. chip plant start to 2025 due to l... TSMC Taiwan is keeping their leading-edge nodes in Taiwan with a 3-4 year delay, which appeased the Taiwanese public/officials. The bigger issue is that China might catch up to TSMC USA fabrication by the time that they actually start fabbing due to all these delays and China will have a superior chip capacity, making the defense aspect completely moot.

Georgelemental on July 21, 2023 [–]

> Making the defense aspect completely moot

The biggest defense aspect (for the US) is preserving supply in the face of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, not beating China in chip capacity?

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