Lein

4y

I didn't understand how important computer chips were, but reading about how theyve been used sanctioning Russia, the Taiwan crisis makes more sense to me now. It's wild that only one company in the Netherland makes the machines for the most advanced chip production, and it's basically just Taiwan and South Korea that produce these advanced chips.

I would've expected it to be the US but it would make sense if it used to be the US then they outsourced those factories to low cost Taiwanese/Korean labor. Apparently it takes years to get even a couple of these foundries up and running, the US approved one in Arizona in 2020 and it won't open till 2024.

fun guy

4y

couldnt just apologize for being a dumbass and keep it pushing, had to bring out the "its not my fault guys I grew up in Utah"

space0cadet

4y

https://monthlyreview.org/2021/07/01/the-political-economy-of-the-u-s-china-technology-war/

Womanpuncher69

4y

Junfu Zhao is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Utah

everything goes back to Utah hmmmmm

TragedyBerlusconi

4y

That's based

Lein

4y

I didn't understand how important computer chips were, but reading about how theyve been used sanctioning Russia, the Taiwan crisis makes more sense to me now. It's wild that only one company in the Netherland makes the machines for the most advanced chip production, and it's basically just Taiwan and South Korea that produce these advanced chips.

I would've expected it to be the US but it would make sense if it used to be the US then they outsourced those factories to low cost Taiwanese/Korean labor. Apparently it takes years to get even a couple of these foundries up and running, the US approved one in Arizona in 2020 and it won't open till 2024.

TragedyBerlusconi

4y

Please keep them coming

Lein

4y

I didn't understand how important computer chips were, but reading about how theyve been used sanctioning Russia, the Taiwan crisis makes more sense to me now. It's wild that only one company in the Netherland makes the machines for the most advanced chip production, and it's basically just Taiwan and South Korea that produce these advanced chips.

I would've expected it to be the US but it would make sense if it used to be the US then they outsourced those factories to low cost Taiwanese/Korean labor. Apparently it takes years to get even a couple of these foundries up and running, the US approved one in Arizona in 2020 and it won't open till 2024.

Nessy

4y

Texas makes chips too, but mainly yea the west designs them and asia designs and produces them. It’s one of the most expensive and long manufacturing processes we have nowadays and the crisis is the reason cars come out with less electronics and more a***og stuff now

SEGA GOON

4y

Also funny how a fake currency made all those chips rarer

TragedyBerlusconi

4y

Please keep them coming

Lein

4y

I didn't understand how important computer chips were, but reading about how theyve been used sanctioning Russia, the Taiwan crisis makes more sense to me now. It's wild that only one company in the Netherland makes the machines for the most advanced chip production, and it's basically just Taiwan and South Korea that produce these advanced chips.

I would've expected it to be the US but it would make sense if it used to be the US then they outsourced those factories to low cost Taiwanese/Korean labor. Apparently it takes years to get even a couple of these foundries up and running, the US approved one in Arizona in 2020 and it won't open till 2024.

Nessy

4y

That’s one aspect but the sector has just been insane lately theres chips in literally everything and it was time we realized we were going OD with it

apple and samsung saw it coming and have been hoarding components since 2017 to make sure they had enough chips for the next shortage, gotta love free markets

krishna bound

4y

fear about chips & also supply chains is a big motivator for the tech-related fears in the financial sector atm

Scratchin Mamba

4y

How you cope w the fact that the US interfered in your country's elections for over a decade to keep leftists out of power and even made preparations for a NATO-backed fascist military coup in case it did happen

And how do you reconcile it with your NATO d***riding

TragedyBerlusconi

4y

The 70s were a wild decade for Italy. The Soviets backed their fair share of movements to similar extents. Between gladio, the red brigades and the prime minister being kidnapped, shot and found in a car by the side of the motorway (with the future PM using a ouija board to try and find him) there are no good guys

Berlinguer was just too real.

Scratchin Mamba

4y

So basically Dengists won?

Scratchin Mamba

4y

I'm talking about 1948

krishna bound

4y

fear about chips & also supply chains is a big motivator for the tech-related fears in the financial sector atm

TragedyBerlusconi

4y

I'll have to do some research on that one. I spent most of my life in the UK

krishna bound

4y

no because chinese financial speculators are also worri- holy s*** this was the long con all along, to bomb both america & china's intertwined economies simultaneously and thus bring on communism. Deng was playing the long game this whole time, how could I have been so foolish

Scratchin Mamba

4y

How you cope w the fact that the US interfered in your country's elections for over a decade to keep leftists out of power and even made preparations for a NATO-backed fascist military coup in case it did happen

And how do you reconcile it with your NATO d***riding