▲ 260 ▼ China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along (wccftech.com) submitted 10 months ago by just_another_person@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Have Intel and Samsung stopped making chips recently? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Taiwan being invaded would make the current component shortages look like nothing in comparison. TSMC fabricates the vast majority of high-end chips used by basically every computer and smartphone. They have a two-thirds market share while the next biggest player, Samsung, has around 10%, and Intel barely registers. If you want high-yield nanometer-scale precision manufacturing, TSMC is practically your only real choice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago My comment was more about the Chinese monopoly that would ensue if TSMC were taken out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Taiwan being invaded would make the current component shortages look like nothing in comparison. TSMC fabricates the vast majority of high-end chips used by basically every computer and smartphone. They have a two-thirds market share while the next biggest player, Samsung, has around 10%, and Intel barely registers. If you want high-yield nanometer-scale precision manufacturing, TSMC is practically your only real choice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago My comment was more about the Chinese monopoly that would ensue if TSMC were taken out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago My comment was more about the Chinese monopoly that would ensue if TSMC were taken out. permalink fedilink source parent