Reply to post: The problem remains, a broken contract

TSMC and China: Mutually assured destruction now measured in nanometers, not megatons

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The problem remains, a broken contract

The PRC have spoken confidentially with the US requesting that the US recognize the Taiwan Straights by not sailing through the straights, effectively delivering up that body to becoming PRC waters. That's the quandry and its a no win one for anyone not living in PRC or subject to their sway.

Not travelling through the Taiwan Straights without PRC permissions seems like a simple thing not to do to avoid a conflict today. I always believed that CN would not attempt their re-uniting with Taiwan until the technology companies there, like TSMC, had shipped their 'technology' to the US or beyond.

That chipmaking production is so easily disrupted is reassuring. TSMC is only now ready to manufacture 6nm after having tested their manufacturing process for two years. Whether or not 6 nm is actually the 4 nm referred to in this article, the invention appears to be the easy part, and that manufacturing is extremely difficult to perfect in addition to being sensitive to very small control process deficiencies is also reassuring and creates a peril.

There is a time bridge that needs to be accommodated in the hawkish scenario, in order for everyone outside of China and their sphere, not to be taken backwards to sometime before the day CN crosses the straight chip wise. The article convinces me that CN will also suffer the same outcome as the ROW in this scenario.

The Dr. Strangelove -MAD scenario will become more likely the more social unrest occurs in CN. Honestly its a dilemma.

Leading up to the leadership conference in September in CN, it appears as if there are some in the PRC that are speaking real politick, and hence the confidential warning. While concealed from view, Xi's ambitions are not a done deal to accomplish.

Someone should develop a game based upon the stuff going on today, and get some new generation thought posted as game results, to help.

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