cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/53880308
Summary
Trump plans to impose tariffs of up to 100% on semiconductors manufactured in Taiwan, aiming to push U.S. tech companies like Apple, Nvidia, and AMD to produce chips domestically.
The tariffs target Taiwan’s TSMC, a key supplier, despite its partial U.S. production in Arizona.
Trump criticized Biden’s CHIPS Act for funding companies like Intel and proposed tariffs as an alternative incentive.
Experts warn the move could raise prices for electronics as most TSMC chips are assembled in Asia before export to the U.S.
Didn’t he just shut down American chip manufacturing, too? How can the broligarchy rule over us if we can’t afford computers?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/future-chips-act-under-trump-admin
Sorry it’s a Fox link, but it was the top result.
Basically the dumbass is knee-jerk undoing everything Biden did because it was done by democrats, and of course doing it without thinking about the results.
So kill the CHIPS act because Biden bad, and slap tariffs on random shit because of something someone told him once that foreign stuff = bad and it makes him look strong, but never actually think that harming your own technology production + jacking up prices on your imported tech might be a shitty combo for your citizens and businesses.
I have the peak of intel technology, I can give you for a fair price. it’s a 386sx.
Not even a DX? Do I at least get a 387 in the deal?
floating point coprocessors is the gateway drug to AI the devil wants you to take. Also, no lowballing… I know what I got.
He seems to think that doing this will force manufacturers to build in the US, versus the Biden approach of incentivizing them to do that. What he doesn’t realize this will do is raise chips prices and manufacturers will simply pass that cost onto consumers.
I haven’t heard about this? What’d he do?
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