Reminder: A Single Company in Taiwan Makes 92% of the World’s Most Sophisticated Chips

They’re about to be under new management.

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We love exporting all our manufacturing overseas to save a few dollars

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Did we export this company or are we simply importing their goods? It seems that you want Taiwan to export its manufacturing here.

I do agree that we need to explore vital chip manufacturing domestically (or at least regionally, possibly in Mexico), but you frame it very poorly. This is something we are taking from them and to do so, we will need to invest billions (or have "them" do it, like is being done outside of Austin right now).

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As a diehard Trump guy, I’m kinda disappointed he didn’t have the foresight

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Did you miss where he started that process? You can’t build new chip plants in 4 years.

yes, the US just can’t possibly match Taiwan’s chip manufacturing capabilities

The reason it’s done overseas is to save money.


It just seems really naive for us to continue as if nothing is wrong when China could swoop in and take that country and our entire tech dependent economy would grind to a halt. It is a serious national security threat. I don’t care what administration does it but micro chip production needs to be at least partially done here so we could ramp up production at home if China goes wild over there.

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As a diehard Trump fan, disappointed he didn’t do something about it

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I am also, but let’s not forget Trump was first President to want manufacturing built back up in this country. Obama, W, Clinton could have been more aggressive in this also. I will keep hammering this home, until we can slow the US Chamber of Commerce down, we will have this problem. They pushed back on chip manufacturing in this country.

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cripple our tech dependent economy

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If I knew this would destroy the path "tech" is taking us, id light the fuse myself

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the US just can’t possibly match Taiwan’s chip manufacturing capabilities

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Where did I say that?

It would cost billions in investment, take years to develop, and would cost consumers trillions in the long run. This isn't a simple switch being flipped.

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The reason it’s done overseas is to save money.

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And because Taiwan just is an expert in this sort of advanced manufacturing b/c they developed this over decades. That's why your framing is poor. Sure, the US is one of the few countries who could theoretically challenge Taiwan in this area, but it's more than just cost. Also, cost would be a major issue and, as I said above, would end up costing consumers trillions in the long run most likely.

The costs matter. That's less money going into other investments and avenues that the US is better at than the rest of the world. It would likely end up -EV in terms of dollars and cents and would likely require federal subsidies to remain viable.

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If I knew this would destroy the path "tech" is taking us, id light the fuse myself

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You're confusing the different tech industries

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This initiative was started under Trump. I have friends working on this project and they started pouring cement around May of last year.

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If China takes Taiwan

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WW3 starts.

China ultimately gets crushed.

And yes it would cost trillions.

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I’m sure Taiwan is good at developing chips, but come on man the US is the most advanced country in the entire world. We could match anything they do and enhance it if we decided to make it a priority.

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In 5-10 years? Sure.

With a further bloated national debt? Sure.