True. But older cars have a mechanical distributor ignition system with points. They will take an EMP licking and keep on ticking …
Posted on 09/06/2021 12:38:01 PM PDT by blam
“ What’s stopping the USA from making them now?”
Democrats.
Labor laws, taxes, environmental laws, building permits, regulations, etc.
>> It’s not woke, it’s stock prices.
I get that aspect and realized I was taking liberties with the canonical meaning of “Woke”, but the shortsightedness and disregard of the Country’s long-term health makes them equally reckless.
The Country needs a ruthless, capitalistic revolution — not talking about violence, but instead an emergence of a renewed focus on survival, prosperity, and the eradication of corrupt socioeconomic philosophies and practices.
Y former Intel ping a rooski
How imperialist of him. We’re worried _____________ will hurt our environment but we’ll pay you to hurt yours.
True. But older cars have a mechanical distributor ignition system with points. They will take an EMP licking and keep on ticking …
Odd that this story comes up immediately after I went to my usual suppliers and found the cupboard bare with only a vague promise of delivery in April of 2022 :-/
I need these processors to build working prototypes for a couple of important projects.
If the CCP takes Taiwan then we are truly up the creek...
I gathered together a supply of various processors but during design decided I needed a lot more capability...
On these processors is the legend—> TSMC
TSMC is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
TSMC is the big Kahuna when it comes to powerful processors and SOCs. If that foundry is lost our way of life will change :-/
https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/company_profile
We weren’t taking advantage of it, and we weren’t going to. Same with oil in Iraq.
Not only has the Woke/Green/CCP/Democrat Party crippled our independence, they have no demoralized our military and given a large chunk of our ground force's equipment and supplies.
We build nothing, we cannot feed ourselves, we cannot/will not defend our borders, our cities, our history, our culture or our population any more.
We can however play candy crush and as an earlier post noted - We can name all the Kardashians.
All part of the plan. The great, glorious plan.
What you cannot defeat from without you must defeat from within.
The Democrats built the Trojan Horse and filled it with Social Security, Welfare and Entitlements.
Stayed tuned for Part 2 - The Second American Civil War and the End of America as a global or even regional player.
TSMC just bought a 1700 acre plot north of Phoenix and announced that it plans to invest AT LEAST $30 billion to build a new campus and factory there. It looks like the CCP’s threats to Taiwan may have motivated TSMC’s move to offshore their production to the U.S.
It would probably take years of environmental impact studies just to build the factory.
We used to be able to do stuff like this quickly but not anymore. Too much bureaucratic red tape. China doesn't have this problem.
Related, from a couple of weeks ago...
Back in 1950s, you’d be lucky to get 50k out of a car. Today 200k is not uncommon. How’s that flat screen tv workin for ya? Want that black and white 200 lb CRT back?
Not to mention medical equipment, military weapons, aircraft, telecommunications, etc, etc, etc. Luddites have a rose-colored view of many things in the past.
Excellent article. As is usual Government caused this problem and certainly will not be the solution.
There is a very large chip fab facility being built in Arizona by the Taiwanese. Hope they get up and running soon.
The author is correct about “Fabless” companies that just do engineering and out source Fab.
Much of that has to do with EPA regulations and Democrat NIMBY tendencies. They tie you up in court for years if you try to build a “foundry”.
We also need a government interested in making sure that we develop a non-political, engineering oriented and MANAGED Chip industry more robust than any other on the face of the Earth.
The extra mileage on cars has more to do with engine design, metallurgy and synthetic oil.
1970, a full size Chevy pickup truck with a 350 small block got 7mpg. My 2001 F150 4x4 with 280,000 miles on it gets 15-16mpg. It fires right up every morning, even when it's single digit temps outside, with no pumping the gas pedal or even giving it one press to set the choke.
It has no cell phone connection. I can stick my scan tool on it and diagnose the problem in a couple of minutes in many if not most cases. It will even tell me which cylinder is misfiring if any.
Intel needs more fabrication capacity because they are getting their asses kicked. But yes, ultimately it does mean more control.
If we truly want to make America great again and make America first we need to establish a list of industries and products that are national security priorities.
The used pc market is about to explode.
I have a few that no longer work but I’m hanging on to them because I believe I would have to remove the hard drive so no personal information is on there. I am not computer savvy when it comes to this.
I’ll go for that!!
I wonder if it’s best to obtain a new hard drive and fan on one computer that heats up. I loved it and it was perfect for the things I do.
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