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How important are Taiwan's chips really to our economy?

Vance said there would be a global depression without them -...
Mind-boggling Whorehouse
  05/21/25
I can't even find that place on a map
cream marketing idea
  05/21/25
Chinese chips are several orders of magnitude more important...
Light passionate office fanboi
  05/21/25
Yeah the newest designs didn't exist a few years ago and mod...
Mind-boggling Whorehouse
  05/21/25
lol.
Marvelous wagecucks giraffe
  05/21/25
...
Irradiated dilemma
  05/21/25
The machines that make the chips aren't even from Taiwan
Demanding knife stage
  05/21/25
we could just *gasp* make our own fucking chips
Curious ruddy step-uncle's house headpube
  05/21/25
Why aren't you doing that already?
Light passionate office fanboi
  05/21/25
*Studio audience laugh track plays*
Floppy sepia gaping athletic conference
  05/21/25
Here's an IMPORTANT chip from Taiwan surrounded by a bunch o...
Light passionate office fanboi
  05/21/25
extremely.
frisky stock car parlour
  05/21/25
literally worth going to war over
Irradiated dilemma
  05/21/25


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Date: May 21st, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Whorehouse

Vance said there would be a global depression without them - true?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951403)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: cream marketing idea

I can't even find that place on a map

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951407)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: Light passionate office fanboi

Chinese chips are several orders of magnitude more important. TSMC gets attention because it makes the latest and greatest chips, but the bulk of the chips we use are old designs that don't require EUV lithography.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951410)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Whorehouse

Yeah the newest designs didn't exist a few years ago and modern civilization was fine. Seems like flame.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951415)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 3:06 PM
Author: Marvelous wagecucks giraffe

lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951435)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Irradiated dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951975)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Demanding knife stage

The machines that make the chips aren't even from Taiwan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951417)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 3:03 PM
Author: Curious ruddy step-uncle's house headpube

we could just *gasp* make our own fucking chips

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951422)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 3:13 PM
Author: Light passionate office fanboi

Why aren't you doing that already?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951466)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 6:43 PM
Author: Floppy sepia gaping athletic conference

*Studio audience laugh track plays*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951968)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 3:17 PM
Author: Light passionate office fanboi

Here's an IMPORTANT chip from Taiwan surrounded by a bunch of other chips made by shitcons in the USA:

https://i.imgur.com/MgzjyLB.jpeg

The motherboard was also made by shitcons in the USA, but the capacitors were made in Detroit by union workers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951479)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: frisky stock car parlour

extremely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951969)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Irradiated dilemma

literally worth going to war over

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5728520&forum_id=2).#48951977)