Trump is 'unlikely' to support TSMC running Intel's fabs — US gov't downplays chances of TSMC takeover

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• cyd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aside from national pride or security, one issue is that there’s a Taiwan law requiring TSMC to keep latest gen fabs in Taiwan. So if TSMC takes over Intel fabs, Intel’s US operations will never be able to reach latest gen (not that Intel is currently in good shape to achieve this, of course).9

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