Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC
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infinitevalence@discuss.onlinereplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
More so when these plants take 10 years to build. They will pass along the cost and just wait him out.
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manomorphos@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
People hyped for the Nvidia 5000 series better get their cards before prices skyrocket across the board. I guess graphics cards weren't expensive enough or something.
Really though, no brand is safe from the soon-to-be insane prices if this does go through as a blanket tariff without exceptions. Better to err on the safe side and upgrade soon as you can, if you need to and you're not too wealthy to care.
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dragontamer@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
If you optimize code, it will still run faster if the CPU or GPU is 30% faster.
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collapse_already@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Can the fat fuck die from a coronary already?
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0x0@programming.devreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Maybe it'll bring chip prices down to Rest of the World
to clear stock. Thanks Trump!
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0x0@programming.devreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Isn't the 2A to bring down tyrant governments?
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apfelwoischoppen@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Yeah I know, talking a lot of blowhard talk. Chip die size was the arbitrary argument, but again, that just takes time. They are hedging their bet with a supposed ally with China being their big threat.
"TSMC will produce 3nm chips in the U.S., and Taiwan has already given TSMC the go-signal to manufacture 2nm chips abroad. "
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ivanafterall@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Look at Henry Kissinger. If left to nature, Trump will live to be 120.
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kibiz0r@midwest.socialreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Also, half of the gains in recent years have been in energy efficiency, not just speed.
So if the idea is to do more with less, you don’t wanna rely on old power-hungry designs.
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bemorecareful@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
I don't get the goal here. It's not just that existing fabs are in Taiwan, I thought it was the knowledge was as well.
I was under the impression that we'd built a couple of fabs here and they're not productive due to a knowledge deficit. Maybe I'm uninformed.
It seems, to my uninformed self, that if we impose tariffs we'd be strengthening Taiwan/China relations. Wouldn't China still serve as a middle man?
I don't see us manufacturing when the dollar is so high relative to foreign currency; add in the lack of knowledge and facilities and I'm not sure what you get.
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mosscap@slrpnk.netreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
One finger victory salute
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jaymesrs@literature.cafereplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
But I thought the Tim Apple donation to the trump inauguration was supposed to curry enough favor to avoid this.
ThisIsMySurpisedFace.jpg.
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voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Sure, "low end" wasn't a perfectly scientifically accurate way to describe it. I apologize for my terrible lack of academic rigor.
The point is that they're not going to let their highest end processes be replicated outside of Taiwan. Or, rather, the Taiwanese government is not going to let that happen, because fear of losing access to that technology is their one bargaining chip with the West. Without that, they cease to exist as a country. There just isn't enough incentive for anyone to risk a war with China otherwise.
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justjack23@slrpnk.netreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
How to reunite China and Taiwan 101
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tsesejuer@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
indeed, so please stop beating the 1a to death and use your 2a to do something
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7rokhym@lemmy.careplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Awesome! Send them to Canada, we can build data centres and sell the cloud services back to Americans powered by the electricity that we expect to be tarriffed, and cooled by the water we won't sell.
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tsesejuer@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
world going down faster than ur sister on a Friday night but PC parts go BRRrRRRRRrrrrRRRrRRRR
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tsesejuer@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
lol I've always heard it as the sailor salute
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ag10n@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Totally agree that it’s a sound strategy to keep their latest and greatest on home soil.
At the same time they are starting to implement tooling for important parts of clients designs likeCore chiplets for Ryzen
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eatspancakes84@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Also, because these investments are long-term when the tariffs are likely to only be short term.
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