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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to Build Advanced Chip Factory in Arizona…
Conservative Treehouse ^ | 14 May 2020 | Sundance

Posted on 05/14/2020 6:02:29 PM PDT by Candor7

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The Trump administration has secured TSMC, a giant supplier of domestically produced computer chips in a secure supply chain. Taipei Press predicted it would not happen. They were wrong.

See:

Unlikely TSMC (Computer Chip Giant)will soon build in US Taipei Times ^ | Tue, May 12, 2020 | unattributed )

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3843834/posts

1 posted on 05/14/2020 6:02:29 PM PDT by Candor7
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To: Candor7

Excellent. It was never a good idea to outsource critical parts to a semi-hostile nation.


2 posted on 05/14/2020 6:09:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: Candor7

This is BIG!
Really BIG


3 posted on 05/14/2020 6:09:29 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras; SeekAndFind; cloudmountain; Fred Nerks; ConservativeInPA; Ouchthatonehurt; ...

Ping to big news in computer chip US Domestic production TSMC.

( Remember , the Taipei press said it wouldn’t happen.)

President Trump is winning.


4 posted on 05/14/2020 6:09:52 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism:)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Taiwan isn’t hostile.
Lots of great engineering talent and MUCH better than Mainland China.


5 posted on 05/14/2020 6:11:00 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras

It is a really BIG Deal, but you won’t read much about it in the Fake News MSM!


6 posted on 05/14/2020 6:11:18 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism:)
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To: Candor7

TSMC announces intention to build and operate 5nm fab in US

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20200515VL200.html


7 posted on 05/14/2020 6:12:44 PM PDT by diatomite (Libs, the MSM, journos, actors - all are on the low-end of the Dunning-Kreuger effect)
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To: Zathras

No, but much of our critical parts come from China. And Taiwan is so close to China that in any conflict with the US, Taiwan would be blockaded by China, if not attacked and invaded.


8 posted on 05/14/2020 6:13:56 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: diatomite

Fantastic!

In three years our chips will be light years ahead of Red China’s.


9 posted on 05/14/2020 6:15:51 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism:)
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To: Candor7

Bookmark


10 posted on 05/14/2020 6:16:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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11 posted on 05/14/2020 6:17:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The meme of the day right there.
I remember when that foreign moslem/communist SOB said it too.


12 posted on 05/14/2020 6:21:49 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That rendered a definite snorting laugh right here. Had to blow my nose!


13 posted on 05/14/2020 6:29:30 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism:)
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To: Candor7

BOOM!

Bring chip production baCK to US. Designed here and now produced here.

This helps McSally too.


14 posted on 05/14/2020 6:33:03 PM PDT by bakkentom
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Processors and ASIC’s here. Leave low profit memory chips in Asia.


15 posted on 05/14/2020 6:35:27 PM PDT by bakkentom
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To: Zathras

They need a safe place to build their chips and DoD is probably chipping in cash to help.


16 posted on 05/14/2020 6:36:09 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: Candor7

Unfortunately, not true. Keep in mind that the latest Intel chips are often designed in Israel, and that many phone chips are based off UK (ARM) designs.

China will still be getting licenses to build at least the latter, and even the AMD Ryzen line of PC chips is made under license/contract by TSMC and GlobalFoundry because AMD doesn’t have their own foundry. One of the GF fabs is being built in Chengdu China as we speak.

Getting a 5nm fab back in the US is a good start, but only a start.


17 posted on 05/14/2020 6:38:18 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Candor7

Ariz. seems to be a long term popular venue to build chip factories.

Is climate a strong factor in building and operating same?


18 posted on 05/14/2020 6:38:23 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Candor7

Make Taiwan the 51st state. Wait, are they liberal like most Asians or more conservative after the reality of dealing with China?


19 posted on 05/14/2020 6:39:53 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: bakkentom

Processors and ASICs are useless without memory chips.

Should be mentioned that quite a lot of RAM and SSD units sold in the US are actually made here. https://www.neweggbusiness.com/smartbuyer/components/born-in-the-usa-computer-hardware-made-in-america/


20 posted on 05/14/2020 6:40:54 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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