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1. baybal2 ◴[] No.27162774[source]
That's a very phaustian bargain US gets.

The astronomical sum on the cheque to the TSMC, means they can finally stomp Samsung — their only competitor in the leading node.

US will be getting their Xilinx FPGAs for F35, but be left with no competition for the leading edge semi manufacturing, which is way worse long term.

People grew forgetful of the time when mainstream CPUs sold at >$1000