Chinese ‘Invasion Barges’ Raise Fears of Taiwan Assault

[SiSePuede419]

7 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

China got the memo.

 

Invasions are acceptable.

Trump has a secret Chinese bank account that apparently they keep on shoveling money into.

No way is he going to defend Formosa.

Buh bye!

All your custom chip manufacturer are ours. 😭

[jas007]

2 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Trump has a secret Chinese bank account that apparently they keep on shoveling money into.

No way is he going to defend Formosa.

Buh bye!

All your custom chip manufacturer are ours. 😭

I think I've read about a plan top blow up/destroy the Taiwan Semiconductor plants in Taiwan if the Chinese invade.  I'm not sure how fast they can get the AZ plants up and running, but it might not take too long. In the meantime, there may be some vulnerability.  Maybe the US has a stockpile? 

[Yagoda]

MK48 torpedos have a range of about 40 miles

[tomazbodner]

40 minutes ago, jas007 said:

I think I've read about a plan top blow up/destroy the Taiwan Semiconductor plants in Taiwan if the Chinese invade.  I'm not sure how fast they can get the AZ plants up and running, but it might not take too long. In the meantime, there may be some vulnerability.  Maybe the US has a stockpile? 

Intel was building US-government subsidized plant since 2021 and was supposed to open in 2025. That was just pushed to 2032.

So not particularly short time either. Or maybe that's just Intel's incompetence.

 

Don't forget ASML, manufacturer of machinery required to make most advanced chips is from Netherlands, and would nearly certainly close shop to US companies if US touched Greenland, a territory of Denmark/EU.

 

[jas007]

I'm not sure Trump has a specific plan regarding ASML.  He probably sees it as a tangential issue, if he actually thinks that far ahead. To be sure, the US has made efforts to pressure ASML to limit the export of its technology to China.  Of course, China seems to have come up with a solution to manufacture cutting edge chips on its own, so maybe it's a non-issue at this point, other than whatever lag time might pertain to the USA's ability to come up with even more powerful chips on US soil.

 

As for Intel?  I'd say they went off the rails somewhere along the line, and that's why they're now on a path to insolvency.  Reminds me of General Motors.  At one point they had it all and became complacent.

 

Finally, don't forget the issue of Quantum computing.  Spooky fast and far beyond anything the most powerful binary supercomputers can compute.  A quantum computer can do a computation in eight minutes that it would take a binary computer trillions and trillions and trillions of years to compute.  Longer than our know universe has been in existence.  One of the companies was so scared by what they found out that they temporarily shuttered their program, or so they say.  The only thing those Quantum computers need? Power. Electricity.  

 

Quantum computing stocks.  Might be a good investment if the market tanks.  Make sure you cover your bases. There are two different kinds of Quantum computing methods. 

[rough diamond]

Just now, jas007 said:

I'm not sure Trump has a specific plan

On anything.