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mikece
In addition to Apple's A-series and M-series chips, isn't TSMC the only company shipping 5nm and on pace to be the first to ship 3nm chips? And they provide chips to a lot more than just Apple... I'm thinking if this came to pass we it would be the start of a far more profound chip shortage that would make the previous one look like a minor inconvenience.
gsatic
idk man...if Apple stops producing phones tomorrow morning I can't see it effecting anyone too much. Apple shareholders don't count.
ampgt
Tell that to your 401k
throwaway743
Pretty sure they supply to Lockheed as well. Wonder how they'd react to such a move.
halJordan
Samsung and Intel have shipping 5nm equivalents
jschveibinz
How naive to think that Taiwan (or the US) wouldn’t “disable” those facilities if threatened with invasion.
LorenPechtel
Why would a Taiwanese company build a plant in China??
halJordan
Foxconn is a taiwanese company that builds factories in China. I think generally the answer is cheap labor and supply chain coalescence.
NicoJuicy
Not sure what he thinks.

The machines that makes those chips isn't produced in Taiwan.

Disable, done. I would think.