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by mlsu 310 days ago
It’s not as simple as just buying an ASML machine and make chips. Otherwise Intel would have already done that.

For the cutting edge stuff TSMC is a monopoly.
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throwup238 310 days ago
TSMC certainly brings a lot to the table but if they were completely knocked out, it would just deprive the world of the top end of fab capacity for a while. On the other hand almost every fab in the world depends on ASML for parts and maintenance, even the old fabs on legacy nodes.
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JetSpiegel 307 days ago
But most of those other fabs are in China! How does that help the US?
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