Apotheosis t1_iuckagm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM

Reply to comment by MargoritasattheMall in Remember this chart when China invades Taiwan by ewzetf

TSMC will be permanently disabled and staff will flee as soon as China makes a move. The tech to support it somewhere else is in the EU and not for sale.

[deleted] t1_iud4vfr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:53 PM

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NameIWantUnavailable t1_iudgky1 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:29 PM

Highly trained scientists and engineers in semiconductor manufacturing in the middle of a semiconductor shortage? Wherever the heck they want to go. The guys who worked on the Manhattan project ended up in the US. And there will likely be some warning before the blockade.

[deleted] t1_iudk85u wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:56 PM

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NameIWantUnavailable t1_iudlhwo wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:05 PM

It won’t happen overnight. Either the blockade or the migration.

The seeds of the migration have been planted. TSMC is likely already concerned about losing employees to competitors. Of course, if they opened up new fabs elsewhere, they could keep those employees. Oh, wait. That’s already in the works.