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  • Don’t forget his little issue with TSMC holding a virtual monopoly on wafer fabrication.

    Don’t forget that’s HIS FAULT.

    GlobalFoundries had working 7nm, but they were a year late and-

    • Intel’s problems appeared to be over (they weren’t)

    • TSMC would have mass production of N7 up within months (they were already in risk production)

    • Samsung’s aggressive posturing and pricing for Samsung Fab would eat into their business, even though it was for a 10nm class product

    • UMC would have 7nm up within 6 months (they stole TSMC IP and got clapped for it, no UMC 7nm)

    • SMIC would also be up within a year (Also stolen TSMC IP, they can’t sell it in the west but it’s used extensively in China)

    All those thing would make it hard to make a lot of money when they were a year late (though all of them turned out wrong except TSMC). SF parent company would have allowed all that to happen too, but then Trump started subsidising oil to put pressure on OPEC. ATIC no longer had their ‘unlimited money’ and GF had to get back in black, so 7nm was cancelled.

    This left only TSMC and Poor Quality Samsung (Intel still doesn’t really do third party fab work)

    Thanks Trump for putting tariffs on for the mess you created.