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Fully agree regarding the importance of keeping Taiwan save. But to keep Taiwan save, it does not only need a strong TSMC on shore, but also a strong Intel and Micron far out of reach of a possible aggression from China.
assume the proposition that TSMC is the silicon shield of Taiwan is true, how does this stop China from invading: all chips gone - better for China than for the West, it would hurt us more than China. And if you start a war by invading Taiwan, it is all about military might. You would not care...
considering that we will also be in a kind of war, it will be the end of the world as we know it - but in the new world it will be more important than ever who still can produce advanced chips for AI and HPC, even if it may take a decade to replace TSMC. Only some NATO countries, lead by the US...
That exactly proves my point: imagine the 62% TSMC gone - who is capable to take over the advanced node stuff? Not UMC or GF, and Samsung will be too close to the war zone if China invades Taiwan - Intel will have to ramp-up production really quick :-)
The true silicon shield of Taiwan is Intel. As long as Intel can mass produce chips in modern technology nodes the loss of TSMC in Taiwan could be compensated by the West - but not China - therefore a strong Intel protects Taiwan the best
Intel has to be saved at all cost. This is not a question of finances, but national security. I hope the new administration in the US will have the necessary foresight.
To cite from Wikipedia: "Other psychometricians have argued that, whether or not there is such a thing as a general intelligence factor, performance on tests relies crucially on knowledge acquired through prior exposure to the types of tasks that such tests contain. This means that comparisons...
Dear Daniel, you should know better than cite a source that does not know that Intel 7nm is not the same than TSMC 7nm. I think the most unfortunate decision from Intel was to stay honest with the nm when transitioning from effective gate length to calculated gate lenth equivalent. Nearly half...
you have to do the LVS on the manufactured silicon -> therefore my term "physical", i.e. using FIB or similar methods to reconstruct the manufactured circuit structure. I am not sure how feasible this is from a technological point of view, but to my knowledge it would be the only reliable way to...
If the foundry is compromised, the jobview and similar reports from the foundry will not help. A physical LVS is the only safe solution (and you have to repeat it continuously during the time the ASIC is in production.
