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U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel

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607 points givemeethekeys | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 21:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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dmitrygr ◴[22 Aug 25 21:45 UTC] No.44990230[source]▶
Why is this a surprise?

Who do you expect to design and make chips for national security-level programs in the future wars when Taiwan is a deep crater?

Every serious nation state has an arch design house and a fab. It need not be cutting edge (most militry stuff is a few gens old), but it needs to exist. Russia has Elbrus. China has Looonsoon and SMIC. Europe has ARM but is a bit behind here fab-wise. However, STMicro does have fabs in europe.

This is just securing access and control of national-security level resources.

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1. impossiblefork ◴[22 Aug 25 22:08 UTC] No.44990447[source]▶
Taiwan.

The thing is, even though the US is trying to create an alternative for itself, once Taiwan is in danger, this would for the EU mean a total US microchip monopoly, so radical action becomes necessary.

If I were a political leader in the EU I would consider nuclear weapons sharing with Taiwan if that happened.