Top Chipmakers Have 'Kill Switch' if China Invades Taiwan

Yahoo Tech News ^ | 05/24/2024 | Huileng Tan

[thinden]

Shut down technology world wide.
Black swan event for stocks

Xxxxxx

Need to make chips on shore

[catnipman]

[who_would_fardels_bear]

A successful kill switch could just be opening up the cleanroom to the salt air. Silicon and salt don’t mix.

[null and void]

Yup.

[null and void]

But that would be more or less (mostly more) irreversible.

If I know the Taiwanse, they have a kill switch, AND a resurrection switch.

[little jeremiah]

Duh, got it know. (pounding head with fist)

[HangThemHigh]

"I sold all of my TSMC stock. Too much risk."

Too soon? I smell a bluff. The threat of a shutoff switch is cheap insurance, easy to say, not so easy to do.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I swear we heard this story years ago but I can’t remember just when.

[Lurker]

“Gee maybe it would be a good idea to make chips here, don’cha think?”

That’s crazy talk.

L

[armourenthusiast]

The problem with TMC USA is that there are not enough Taiwanese workers in Arizona, only poorly educated Americans and illegal aliens.

[MtnClimber]

I have heard that TSMC had that complaint.