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		mensetmanusman on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel is on life support. Can anything save it? TSMC is geographically perfectly suited to be the best semiconductor manufacturing center in the world. This is great for the free market, tsmc engineers make less than half what US software folks make. This is a win/win for the US if TSMC keeps puttering along as normal.

deisteve on Sept 12, 2024 | [–]

in a region with tsunamis and earthquakes and world's 2nd largest military looking to invade the island?

i think Samsung is in a far better environment.

if Warren Buffet dumps his TSMC shares then we can't ignore these real risks to it

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