[esistgut]

This may be a naive tough but the unfolding of the ukranian events had me wondering again and again if more attention should be used when buying items coming from China and TSMC. The rise of the Ryzen CPUs had me switch to AMD from Intel after many years. Next time I could actually prefer the worst CPU as long as it is built in the west. Is this an oversemplification? Am I wrong? Anyone here share similar toughts?

[panda88888]

TSMC is actually a Taiwanese company and its most advanced fabs are in Taiwan, a democratic country (more or less, with its own passport, military, government, etc) that is not under the control of China.

[threatripper]

If country A depends on the products of country B and vice versa, then a war between A and B may be ill advised. Untangling your supply chain is a prerequisite for successful war.

To add to that: If country A depends on products of country B, then country C could want to attack country B to hurt country A.

[lobocinza]

Doesn't make sense to not buy from AMD in this case. CPUs are one of the few things that aren't from communist China.