I remember when they said this about 7 nm not long ago - "China will never get it due to our sanctions!" then, "Wait a minute, we're surprised that they have it/got it so quickly!" I'm certainly not expecting them to invent anything like the West did in the 1850-1950 period, but they can grind it out and put their competitors out-of-business like I'm watching them do to so many other critical industries.
Uhhh... all your stuff is made there. Samsung and Apple both mfr in Foxconn factories in China.
Yep. It's not going so well.
Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion.
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I think this is headed where the Foxconn factory in Wisconsin went.
It's been 5 years since Foxconn was rumored to be coming to the state. Now the company has been here many things have changed during that time.
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How has China's shipping been affected by the US Navy's failure to keep Red Sea shipping lanes safe? How has it affected us?
The USA is like a former champion heavyweight boxer that took to drinking and eating and stopped training - maybe he can recapture his former glory but others want the title more.