On: GlobalFoundries Stops All 7nm Development

[discordance]

China is currently holding 1 million Uighers in 're-education' camps [0].

I think if China had the will, they could manage it.

0: http://time.com/5366225/china-uighurs-detention-report/

[st26 → discordance]

But a smoking crater the shape of Taiwan is not that useful to China. A big part of why they want Taiwan is for the businesses, which you don't really get if you nuke the island from orbit.

[kalleboo → discordance]

But at what cost? If they want Taiwan for the institutional knowledge of TSMC, will that remain after an invasion?