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kramerica.inc wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:58 pm
ardilla secreta wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:56 pm
kramerica.inc wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:46 pm
youthathletics wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:20 am Xi working the crowd, and Biden tryna' flex.
Did they ever figure out if Hunter was able to "unwind his investment in that Chinese firm?

https://nypost.com/2021/02/05/hunter-bi ... nese-firm/
Do you think Xi was impressed that Biden was not wearing womens make up, not wearing a girdle, not coiffed like an elderly woman, not obese?
Yup. He was likely impressed with an old, senile guy named "poopy pants."
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youthathletics wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:18 pm
kramerica.inc wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:58 pm
ardilla secreta wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:56 pm
kramerica.inc wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:46 pm
youthathletics wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:20 am Xi working the crowd, and Biden tryna' flex.
Did they ever figure out if Hunter was able to "unwind his investment in that Chinese firm?

https://nypost.com/2021/02/05/hunter-bi ... nese-firm/
Do you think Xi was impressed that Biden was not wearing womens make up, not wearing a girdle, not coiffed like an elderly woman, not obese?
Yup. He was likely impressed with an old, senile guy named "poopy pants."
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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -has-them/

"China’s Aircraft Carrier Killers, And Who Else Has Them
Amidst the hype about hypersonics, behind the hysteria and sensational headlines, is a new type of weapon which could help reshape the naval arena. Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) pose an unpredictable threat to aircraft carriers and other high-value targets."


Apparently, Russia, Iran and India also doing development in this area.
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Kismet wrote: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:54 am https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -has-them/

"China’s Aircraft Carrier Killers, And Who Else Has Them
Amidst the hype about hypersonics, behind the hysteria and sensational headlines, is a new type of weapon which could help reshape the naval arena. Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) pose an unpredictable threat to aircraft carriers and other high-value targets."


Apparently, Russia, Iran and India also doing development in this area.
Seeing more and more of these articles. I just read one in the Oct Proceedings mag on ASW. It is why I started the GWAT --> GCP thread.
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Interesting deal

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 November 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today raised CNY1 billion (about $156 million) from the Panda bond market. This is ADB’s second Panda bond issue in 2021.

The bond, which pays a 2.78% annual coupon and features a 5-year bullet maturity, is redeemable in November 2026.

The offering was fully subscribed, with 57% going to international investors and 43% to domestic investors, through a centralized bookbuilding and auction in the China Inter-Bank Bond Market. The bond issue was arranged by lead underwriter and bookrunner Bank of China with China Construction Bank and DBS Bank as joint leads and bookrunners.

Proceeds of the issue will be added to ADB’s ordinary capital resources and deployed to support ADB’s local currency operations in Chinese renminbi. The bond was priced 20 basis points below the corresponding China Development Bank bond reference yield, and 6 basis points above Chinese government bonds.

“Access to domestic capital markets is the key to unlocking liquidity,” said ADB Treasurer Pierre Van Peteghem. “The China Inter-Bank Bond Market is among the deepest and most liquid in the world. Reconnecting with Panda bond investors has been an absolute success story for ADB.” Last March, ADB issued a CNY2 billion 5-year bond.

ADB is a regular borrower in the international bond markets and has also led issuances in developing Asian countries as part of its efforts to promote local currency bond markets as an alternative to bank lending. In 2021, ADB has issued Asian local currency bonds in Chinese renminbi, Georgian lari, Indian rupees, Kazakhstan tenge, and Pakistan rupees.

ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/

Farkas on Semiconductor manufacturing and an already established sub-department called DMEA:

Congress should significantly expand the funding and responsibility of the expert DOD microelectronics office known as the Defense Microelectronics Activity, or DMEA, and convert it into a full-blown agency. The new organization should leverage and scale American microelectronics expertise to maintain a qualitative U.S. technological advantage in the effectiveness, production, and integration of microelectronics in the defense sector. The new DMEA should be charged with safeguarding America against potential microelectronic trade disruptions, working with industry leaders to protect critical IP, and ensuring that our microelectronics industry remains globally competitive not just in innovation, but in manufacturing and integration, as well.
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youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:09 am Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/
The last administration claimed that they'd bring it back using market forces.

Notice this means more handouts for billionaires? Pass.

If this is about national security? Pass a law making fabrication elsewhere illegal, Otherwise, I'm not interested in making apple and Co. pay even less in taxes than they are now.
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a fan wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:58 am
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:09 am Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/
The last administration claimed that they'd bring it back using market forces.

Notice this means more handouts for billionaires? Pass.

If this is about national security? Pass a law making fabrication elsewhere illegal, Otherwise, I'm not interested in making apple and Co. pay even less in taxes than they are now.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/amd/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/intel/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/nvidia/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/micron-t ... marketcap/

>> Something like this:

It takes a long time.

From start, building a team, doing architecture = 1 year
Design, tapeout - another year
Fab, bringup, debug, boards, etc 6 months
So if everything goes well, and your chip works first time, it is 2 1/2 years till you get a sample.

Then (assuming it works, assuming the customers is ready and waiting) it is at least a year - more likely two - till they have their product developed, tested, trials, their customer orders before they start buying

So if everything goes perfectly, and no mistakes, and with the best will in the world - it could easily be five years from funding to shipments & real revenue.

That is a lot of burn.

For a big chip you need a big team and that is expensive

SEMICO calculate the average cost of doing a chip as $91M for 28nm - and $173M at 16/14nm

A startup “ought” to be cheaper but even so…


Then, of course, it is rare for that first chip to be all you need: You start in Year 1, you have revenue in year 5 - and you will have started Gen #2 in year 3…

We are involved with a company at the leading edge. The “government” should not be in the start up business. Chip technology isn’t widgets.<<

https://www.investindia.gov.in/team-ind ... -fab-india

Better to work on a respectful trading relationship. TPP would have been a smart strategy for us……

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/ ... 9538c9b037
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Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:08 pm
a fan wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:58 am
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:09 am Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/
The last administration claimed that they'd bring it back using market forces.

Notice this means more handouts for billionaires? Pass.

If this is about national security? Pass a law making fabrication elsewhere illegal, Otherwise, I'm not interested in making apple and Co. pay even less in taxes than they are now.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/amd/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/intel/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/nvidia/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/micron-t ... marketcap/

>> Something like this:

It takes a long time.

From start, building a team, doing architecture = 1 year
Design, tapeout - another year
Fab, bringup, debug, boards, etc 6 months
So if everything goes well, and your chip works first time, it is 2 1/2 years till you get a sample.

Then (assuming it works, assuming the customers is ready and waiting) it is at least a year - more likely two - till they have their product developed, tested, trials, their customer orders before they start buying

So if everything goes perfectly, and no mistakes, and with the best will in the world - it could easily be five years from funding to shipments & real revenue.

That is a lot of burn.

For a big chip you need a big team and that is expensive

SEMICO calculate the average cost of doing a chip as $91M for 28nm - and $173M at 16/14nm

A startup “ought” to be cheaper but even so…


Then, of course, it is rare for that first chip to be all you need: You start in Year 1, you have revenue in year 5 - and you will have started Gen #2 in year 3…

We are involved with a company at the leading edge. The “government” should not be in the start up business. Chip technology isn’t widgets.<<

https://www.investindia.gov.in/team-ind ... -fab-india

Better to work on a respectful trading relationship. TPP would have been a smart strategy for us……

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/ ... 9538c9b037
What is your point.....that it takes too long, so therefore we should not do it? THat is a horrible plan, especially knowing semi conductors are going absolutley no where and we've already seen the volatility of dependence on 1-2 countries. Hell....our company just had a contract pulled out from under us that was through 2023 with a major vendor; cancelled, no more chips. We are in a world of hurt for product and now scrambling to ramp up technology that was slated for 1st qtr 23 with a new product line. The new product was semiconductors made here in the states...big business understands that it ain't all sunshine and rainbows depending on china et al, when in a blink of an eye you can be left with no product.

We also already have plenty of semiconductor chip productions here in the states, just not to the degree of those overseas. I have worked in Micron here in Manassas, Va. And we also have a great relationship with Taiwan....makes you wonder why China is also turning the screws on them.....guess who it impacts if they sink their claws into them.....exactly.

As Rodney Dangerfield said....."look out for number 1, so you dont step in number 2". :lol:
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youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:39 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:08 pm
a fan wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:58 am
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:09 am Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/
The last administration claimed that they'd bring it back using market forces.

Notice this means more handouts for billionaires? Pass.

If this is about national security? Pass a law making fabrication elsewhere illegal, Otherwise, I'm not interested in making apple and Co. pay even less in taxes than they are now.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/amd/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/intel/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/nvidia/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/micron-t ... marketcap/

>> Something like this:

It takes a long time.

From start, building a team, doing architecture = 1 year
Design, tapeout - another year
Fab, bringup, debug, boards, etc 6 months
So if everything goes well, and your chip works first time, it is 2 1/2 years till you get a sample.

Then (assuming it works, assuming the customers is ready and waiting) it is at least a year - more likely two - till they have their product developed, tested, trials, their customer orders before they start buying

So if everything goes perfectly, and no mistakes, and with the best will in the world - it could easily be five years from funding to shipments & real revenue.

That is a lot of burn.

For a big chip you need a big team and that is expensive

SEMICO calculate the average cost of doing a chip as $91M for 28nm - and $173M at 16/14nm

A startup “ought” to be cheaper but even so…


Then, of course, it is rare for that first chip to be all you need: You start in Year 1, you have revenue in year 5 - and you will have started Gen #2 in year 3…

We are involved with a company at the leading edge. The “government” should not be in the start up business. Chip technology isn’t widgets.<<

https://www.investindia.gov.in/team-ind ... -fab-india

Better to work on a respectful trading relationship. TPP would have been a smart strategy for us……

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/ ... 9538c9b037
What is your point.....that it takes too long, so therefore we should not do it? THat is a horrible plan, especially knowing semi conductors are going absolutley no where and we've already seen the volatility of dependence on 1-2 countries. Hell....our company just had a contract pulled out from under us that was through 2023 with a major vendor; cancelled, no more chips. We are in a world of hurt for product and now scrambling to ramp up technology that was slated for 1st qtr 23 with a new product line. The new product was semiconductors made here in the states...big business understands that it ain't all sunshine and rainbows depending on china et al, when in a blink of an eye you can be left with no product.

We also already have plenty of semiconductor chip productions here in the states, just not to the degree of those overseas. I have worked in Micron here in Manassas, Va. And we also have a great relationship with Taiwan....makes you wonder why China is also turning the screws on them.....guess who it impacts if they sink their claws into them.....exactly.

As Rodney Dangerfield said....."look out for number 1, so you dont step in number 2". :lol:
I don’t want the us government making investment decisions in a fast moving space. These management teams can figure out how much variability they wish to tolerate. You want the government flushing your money down the drain? So we should give $100 of billions to the industry but we can’t pass infrastructure? Apple can get in line for the handout too. Why do you think the industry has high barriers to entry, Einstein?

These companies can tap the capital markets to fund increased investment. Sounds like a great deal. It’s easy.
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Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:20 pm
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:39 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:08 pm
a fan wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:58 am
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:09 am Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/
The last administration claimed that they'd bring it back using market forces.

Notice this means more handouts for billionaires? Pass.

If this is about national security? Pass a law making fabrication elsewhere illegal, Otherwise, I'm not interested in making apple and Co. pay even less in taxes than they are now.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/amd/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/intel/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/nvidia/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/micron-t ... marketcap/

>> Something like this:

It takes a long time.

From start, building a team, doing architecture = 1 year
Design, tapeout - another year
Fab, bringup, debug, boards, etc 6 months
So if everything goes well, and your chip works first time, it is 2 1/2 years till you get a sample.

Then (assuming it works, assuming the customers is ready and waiting) it is at least a year - more likely two - till they have their product developed, tested, trials, their customer orders before they start buying

So if everything goes perfectly, and no mistakes, and with the best will in the world - it could easily be five years from funding to shipments & real revenue.

That is a lot of burn.

For a big chip you need a big team and that is expensive

SEMICO calculate the average cost of doing a chip as $91M for 28nm - and $173M at 16/14nm

A startup “ought” to be cheaper but even so…


Then, of course, it is rare for that first chip to be all you need: You start in Year 1, you have revenue in year 5 - and you will have started Gen #2 in year 3…

We are involved with a company at the leading edge. The “government” should not be in the start up business. Chip technology isn’t widgets.<<

https://www.investindia.gov.in/team-ind ... -fab-india

Better to work on a respectful trading relationship. TPP would have been a smart strategy for us……

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/ ... 9538c9b037
What is your point.....that it takes too long, so therefore we should not do it? THat is a horrible plan, especially knowing semi conductors are going absolutley no where and we've already seen the volatility of dependence on 1-2 countries. Hell....our company just had a contract pulled out from under us that was through 2023 with a major vendor; cancelled, no more chips. We are in a world of hurt for product and now scrambling to ramp up technology that was slated for 1st qtr 23 with a new product line. The new product was semiconductors made here in the states...big business understands that it ain't all sunshine and rainbows depending on china et al, when in a blink of an eye you can be left with no product.

We also already have plenty of semiconductor chip productions here in the states, just not to the degree of those overseas. I have worked in Micron here in Manassas, Va. And we also have a great relationship with Taiwan....makes you wonder why China is also turning the screws on them.....guess who it impacts if they sink their claws into them.....exactly.

As Rodney Dangerfield said....."look out for number 1, so you dont step in number 2". :lol:
I don’t want the us government making investment decisions in a fast moving space. These management teams can figure out how much variability they wish to tolerate. You want the government flushing your money down the drain? So we should give $100 of billions to the industry but we can’t pass infrastructure? Apple can get in line for the handout too. Why do you think the industry has high barriers to entry, Einstein?

These companies can tap the capital markets to fund increased investment. Sounds like a great deal. It’s easy.
Misunderstanding.....hell to the no, do I want gov't involved with this. Sure, they can bankroll some of it, tax breaks, whatever....just allow and support the private sector to flourish back here in the states. This is why I support all that military spending.....because the R&D privilege's they are afforded via contracts, help develop our advancements in science and tech; to include semiconductors.

Nor quite sure why you felt the need to make this personal and call me stupid with the back handed Einstein comment, but you be you.
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youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:25 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:20 pm
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:39 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:08 pm
a fan wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:58 am
youthathletics wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:09 am Interesting to now see the democratic party talking about manufacturing in the good ole US of A, after shitting on the last administration for wanting to bring that back. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/0 ... na/174730/
The last administration claimed that they'd bring it back using market forces.

Notice this means more handouts for billionaires? Pass.

If this is about national security? Pass a law making fabrication elsewhere illegal, Otherwise, I'm not interested in making apple and Co. pay even less in taxes than they are now.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/amd/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/intel/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/nvidia/marketcap/

https://companiesmarketcap.com/micron-t ... marketcap/

>> Something like this:

It takes a long time.

From start, building a team, doing architecture = 1 year
Design, tapeout - another year
Fab, bringup, debug, boards, etc 6 months
So if everything goes well, and your chip works first time, it is 2 1/2 years till you get a sample.

Then (assuming it works, assuming the customers is ready and waiting) it is at least a year - more likely two - till they have their product developed, tested, trials, their customer orders before they start buying

So if everything goes perfectly, and no mistakes, and with the best will in the world - it could easily be five years from funding to shipments & real revenue.

That is a lot of burn.

For a big chip you need a big team and that is expensive

SEMICO calculate the average cost of doing a chip as $91M for 28nm - and $173M at 16/14nm

A startup “ought” to be cheaper but even so…


Then, of course, it is rare for that first chip to be all you need: You start in Year 1, you have revenue in year 5 - and you will have started Gen #2 in year 3…

We are involved with a company at the leading edge. The “government” should not be in the start up business. Chip technology isn’t widgets.<<

https://www.investindia.gov.in/team-ind ... -fab-india

Better to work on a respectful trading relationship. TPP would have been a smart strategy for us……

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/ ... 9538c9b037
What is your point.....that it takes too long, so therefore we should not do it? THat is a horrible plan, especially knowing semi conductors are going absolutley no where and we've already seen the volatility of dependence on 1-2 countries. Hell....our company just had a contract pulled out from under us that was through 2023 with a major vendor; cancelled, no more chips. We are in a world of hurt for product and now scrambling to ramp up technology that was slated for 1st qtr 23 with a new product line. The new product was semiconductors made here in the states...big business understands that it ain't all sunshine and rainbows depending on china et al, when in a blink of an eye you can be left with no product.

We also already have plenty of semiconductor chip productions here in the states, just not to the degree of those overseas. I have worked in Micron here in Manassas, Va. And we also have a great relationship with Taiwan....makes you wonder why China is also turning the screws on them.....guess who it impacts if they sink their claws into them.....exactly.

As Rodney Dangerfield said....."look out for number 1, so you dont step in number 2". :lol:
I don’t want the us government making investment decisions in a fast moving space. These management teams can figure out how much variability they wish to tolerate. You want the government flushing your money down the drain? So we should give $100 of billions to the industry but we can’t pass infrastructure? Apple can get in line for the handout too. Why do you think the industry has high barriers to entry, Einstein?

These companies can tap the capital markets to fund increased investment. Sounds like a great deal. It’s easy.
Misunderstanding.....hell to the no, do I want gov't involved with this. Sure, they can bankroll some of it, tax breaks, whatever....just allow and support the private sector to flourish back here in the states. This is why I support all that military spending.....because the R&D privilege's they are afforded via contracts, help develop our advancements in science and tech; to include semiconductors.

Nor quite sure why you felt the need to make this personal and call me stupid with the back handed Einstein comment, but you be you.
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Why is China so insistent on virus elimination vs. containment?
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When was the last time the US Navy issued a press release for an SSBN submarine (one of the USN's most capable deterrents) making a port call - it was last done in 1980 also in Guam BTW.

Ohio-class SSBNs each carry 20 nuclear Trident multi-warhead ICBMs and can stay submerged and undetected for 77 days without replenishment. Only 14 of them in the fleet.

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press ... 103936039/

Perhaps reminding Xi and Kim what they could be up against if they want to push the envelope in Asia.
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PizzaSnake wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:04 pm Why is China so insistent on virus elimination vs. containment?
Just a guess, but maybe because their own vaccine is not effective enough to tamp down an outbreak, and they need to have a low a presence as possible for the Winter Olympics.
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Co-owner of NBA's Warriors slammed after saying 'nobody cares about the Uyghurs'

"Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, okay. You bring it up because you really care, and I think it's nice that you really care, the rest of us don't care," said Palihapitiya, who is also on the board of Virgin Galactic. "I'm just telling you a very hard, ugly truth. Of all the things I care about, yes, it's below my line."

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/17/10737055 ... t-the-uygh

Good thing some stupid old white dude didn't say this sh!t.
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https://www.lawfareblog.com/securing-ta ... ber-action

Securing Taiwan Requires Immediate Unprecedented Cyber Action

Interesting piece on Taiwan and sophisticated microchips
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Kismet wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:19 am https://www.lawfareblog.com/securing-ta ... ber-action

Securing Taiwan Requires Immediate Unprecedented Cyber Action

Interesting piece on Taiwan and sophisticated microchips
Thanks for the link.

But it will take too long and too much money, for the US to make chips, we should just tell China to have it all, then ask nicely of course, if we can have some too.
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Re: All Things China

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tech37 wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:22 am Co-owner of NBA's Warriors slammed after saying 'nobody cares about the Uyghurs'

"Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, okay. You bring it up because you really care, and I think it's nice that you really care, the rest of us don't care," said Palihapitiya, who is also on the board of Virgin Galactic. "I'm just telling you a very hard, ugly truth. Of all the things I care about, yes, it's below my line."

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/17/10737055 ... t-the-uygh

Good thing some stupid old white dude didn't say this sh!t.
You think only "old white dudes" say stupid stuff?

My sense is that he was saying that the brutal truth is that he thinks there are other more immediate and closer to home issues which occupy his concerns, indeed like most Americans, so...but this is darn close to a genocide and so immensely dumb (and he's a very, very smart cat) to come across as dismissive just because there are other concerns that are "higher" on one's "list".

He's getting deserved backlash and is backpedaling, trying to "clarify".
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Re: All Things China

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youthathletics wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:30 am
Kismet wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:19 am https://www.lawfareblog.com/securing-ta ... ber-action

Securing Taiwan Requires Immediate Unprecedented Cyber Action

Interesting piece on Taiwan and sophisticated microchips
Thanks for the link.

But it will take too long and too much money, for the US to make chips, we should just tell China to have it all, then ask nicely of course, if we can have some too.
https://www.semiconductors.org/chips/

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/gl ... d-to-know/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-chips ... 1637762400

Clutch deez pearls…..
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