[ExI] 18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat



>…if China invades Taiwan it will no longer be able to manufacture cutting edge computer chips, but there will still be a huge demand for them, and Intel would be well placed to fill that vacuum. …  John K Clark

 

 

 

Note that there are maaaaany many Taiwanese nationals who have already gotten out.  If one wonders why the cost of housing in the SF Bay area is insane, it is partially because so many of the “homes” are actually offices.  Rich Taiwanese, Japanese, Chinese, other Asian investors, buy them, then use them as office space for when they are on business locally, and as an emergency landing spot in case of unrest back home.  

 

The reason I know this: there is a neighborhood near here where only about a quarter of the homes have a garbage can out front when the truck makes its weekly run.  The homes appear vacant but are owned.  The names of the owners are public domain.  All of them (all) are Chinese names.  Conclusion: that entire neighborhood is owned by Asian business people, who are using them as office space.

 

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