I'm not talking about the possibilities as such, but about the time needed to realize them.
So, assuming a total failure of TSMC (and let's assume that the factories that TSMC is currently scattering around the world are not yet operational), it will simply take a very long time before we can build up even an approximate production capacity like TSMC currently has and put it into production.
And during this time, there will be no cars, trucks, washing machines, dishwashers, remote controls, televisions, telephones (of all kinds), computers, servers, routers, switches, WLAN APs, fax machines (very important for Germany!) and everything else, which is in need of a microprocessor to run.
Or just VERY, VERY LITTLE of it.
The world will certainly not come to an end, but it will be a hard and very rocky road that we will have to travel.
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u/Olleye Jun 23 '24
I'm not talking about the possibilities as such, but about the time needed to realize them.
So, assuming a total failure of TSMC (and let's assume that the factories that TSMC is currently scattering around the world are not yet operational), it will simply take a very long time before we can build up even an approximate production capacity like TSMC currently has and put it into production.
And during this time, there will be no cars, trucks, washing machines, dishwashers, remote controls, televisions, telephones (of all kinds), computers, servers, routers, switches, WLAN APs, fax machines (very important for Germany!) and everything else, which is in need of a microprocessor to run.
Or just VERY, VERY LITTLE of it.
The world will certainly not come to an end, but it will be a hard and very rocky road that we will have to travel.