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[Source Article ](https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/taiwan-says-its-military-wont-let-us-blow-semiconductor-factories)

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TSMC is building a massive facility in Phoenix to prepare for the inevitability of invasion.

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That facility will only generate a small % of TSMC overall output. New Fabs take a lot of time to build and qualify, especially this type of bleeding edge fab. There will be a WW small geometry chip shortage if China takes Taiwan.

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Yep. This was (ostensibly) the impetus for the C.H.I.P.S. Act and why every corporation with silicone in the game is cranking out and ramping up new Fabs as fast as they get the walls up. Especially as there is a pile gibs dinero on the table.

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Honestly who cares. The world can do with fewer chips.