Chips: What ASML, TSMC Can Do If China Invades Taiwan

ASML and TSMC have ways to disable the world’s most sophisticated chipmaking machines in the event that China invades Taiwan, according to people familiar with the matter. Tom Mackenzie and Francine Lacqua report on Bloomberg Television.


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[francisltx]

This guy is saying that the chips in the misiles are more sophisticated than those in a Huawei Phone, Come on man....

[samanthajones]

If China is able to survive and even thrive today without TSMC, why would they “need” to invade Taiwan for TSMC? Also, do people forget that mainland wanted to reunite with Taiwan before the existence of TSMC? Anyone getting tired of being fed propaganda after propaganda yet?

[haniahannslew]

This guy just told us that do not buy US products or any EU products because just like Gina Raimondo said the US government can access to the back door and turn off switch. Got it. LOL 😂

[xKamixx]

So what you're also saying is that if China invades Taiwan, the US will no longer have access to top-of-the-line chips after enacting a scorched earth policy? Considering China has their homegrown efforts, would China not be at an advantage if that were to happen?

[junaidisalam]

question, out 193 countries in the U N, how many of them RECOGNIZED taiwan as a country?

[Jen-xgiq]

I hope you don't accidently press the button LOL

[yongchen]

the same question what if china stop purchasing imports 40% of world manfacturing chips every year, what is going to the chip manufacturing and its suppliers in the world?

[muhammadomar]

Another example that proves that nothing should be purchased from Western companies. We already knew that they were remotely shutting down western-origin CNC machines and wind power plants in Russia via GPS connection. Additionally, if these CNC machines are moved from their current location to another location or cannot connect to the main center, they shut down themselves.

[JA-pnji]

And China has ways to jam (like Russia) any signals going in or out of Taiwan.

[iowanation]

Wouldn't you need a network to do this.

[naturalisedhker]

This is probably an obvious question but does the PLA actually need such advanced chips for their missile guided systems?
I saw a Singaporean engineer talking about how you don’t need the advanced chips for missiles because there is enough room in a missile for ample power sources and multiple chips for faster processing.

Saying China wants the chips for warfare is misleading. They want to chips to compete with the US in consumer technology. China wants to move up the value chain.

[muudcatt]

By making this knowledge public you have essentially left China with only one choice, which is to make it's own EUV no matter the costs.

[kwphone]

Y'all missing the point of China and Taiwan issue.
China does not care about the semiconductors on Taiwan, it just doesn't want an Independent Taiwan hosting a US base off its shores. It would be an unsinkable aircraft carrier and poses a threat to China security.
If Taiwan ever declared independence China would not waste men and invade, it would just send pinpoint strikes onto the FABS. Even a small break in containment and dust would make the FABS completely unusable.

[CxDubxU]

The US has a way to disable them as well. Missles

[jgeehdeewestsdegethemuLa]

The machines are constantly spying and have a self destruct mode

[louistan]

They should know better not to take bad advice. They know where their future lies, and it is not in the West.

[mgronich]

What this means is that the CIA can disable the EUV machines if it decides that Intel needs some help competiting with TSMC. Alternatively it means cyber criminals can blackmail TSMC for billions once they find the back door installed by ASML.

[milosnestorovic]

Everything Depend of Policy, Complete...

[mandelni]

They can shut down what they want but the fact is china’s SMiC has already created successfully 3nm chips 😂😂and 5nm is already in max production so it’s completely pointless to shut down those machines 😅 and SMiC is already the number 3 semiconductor industry in the world. 😂

[nmew]

Singapore has purchased exclusively overpriced US military hardware which can be disabled remotely. Now they are under threat if they diversify away from US purchase.