> A "Manhattan Project" would be building some shocking new technology that didn't previously exist.

You’re missing forest for the trees. ASML at the moment has the monopoly on these machines. This is not only a great tool for the West to keep China at bay, but also a way to maintain economic dominance. Even if they can’t get the machine up and running until 2030, and the machine is a generation behind, China has effectively gained leverage in world theater.

From geopolitical perspective, it’s huge. Right now Taiwan produces the world’s chips, so China plays nice. The minute they can produce their own chips, even an older generation, they can invade Taiwan anytime they want. And then the rest of the world won’t even have older chips.

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petcat 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> And then the rest of the world won’t even have older chips.

This basically just means Europe wont have older chips.

TSMC is already producing a significant percentage of their chips in Arizona. And they've even slated ~30% of their total production of 2nm chips and better will be produced in USA by 2028-2029.

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rsoto2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You mean the TSMC factory that it's workers hate and has been facing heavy delays and power outages???

https://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion/

	▲	petcat an hour ago \| parent [-]
		From a China/Asia-centric newspaper? I would expect them to say that.

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a_wild_dandan 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Taiwan’s geopolitical position is vastly more complex than the fantasy where invasion would follow merely from fab parity.

	▲	darth_avocado 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It won’t. But again you’re missing the point. It’s one less incentive not to, a big one too.

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