Taiwan Says Its Military Won't Let the US Blow Up Semiconductor Factories

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[–]Musky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They keep saying the things I say. 🔮👳‍♂️

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wrong. USA can blow up literally anything on the planet, any time, without permission from anyone.

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Wow. Interesting datapoint.

Can anyone enlighten me on how these plants are so impossible to duplicate? Why are they so unique that they exist only in this one place, making their destruction strategically worthy of consideration? I'm asking honestly. Is the manufacturing of these components not spread across plants around the world, as happens with cars, for example? It seems surprising that such a tactic would make any sense whatsoever in a globalized context. Not that there will be much "globalization" at all if China is no longer acting as the low-quality high-volume manufacturing base. Is that the point? They're preparing for that eventuality? Thanks for any input.

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They want to make themselves so valuable that the USA won’t abandon them, like we did the Afghanis (esp the women).

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Can anyone enlighten me on how these plants are so impossible to duplicate?

They are not impossible to rebuild, but the cost of one can easily run into the tens of billions of dollars. If (big if) you can get the intellectual property required, you may be able to build the extremely high tech tools required to make the most complicated semiconductor devices. Difficulty: Taiwanese companies make some of the things required to do this, and they are the ONLY place to get the tools.

Why are they so unique that they exist only in this one place, making their destruction strategically worthy of consideration?

Intellectual property and the difficulty of copying same, mostly. They are in this one place because TSMC &c. are Taiwanese companies.

I'm asking honestly. Is the manufacturing of these components not spread across plants around the world, as happens with cars, for example?

Not as much, no. Everybody uses Taiwanese technology. Military forces included.

[–]Drewski[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]UncleWillard56 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Isn't that like burning down your house so it won't catch fire?