2021 BRN Discussion, page-7977

It is quite the coincidence that just as our AI chip, which is supposedly ground breaking and the first that will actually bring true AI to the edge, the drums of war are ratcheting up with a very specific target in Taiwan.

I refuse to believe that this isn't a coincidence but I cannot fully accept it, since these chips will be giving whomever possesses them quite an advantage.


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1430804/china-taiwan-microchips-industry-invasion-fears-value-military-news-ont

China eyes up Taiwan’s microchip factories amid invasion fears - ‘more valuable than oil'

Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank Center for a New American Security said microchips will be crucial for developing technology going forward. He said: “Whoever controls the design and production of these microchips, they'll set the course for the 21st century."

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/01/is-washington-prepared-for-a-geopolitical-tech-race/

Is Washington prepared for a geopolitical ‘tech race’?


https://www.inventiva.co.in/stories/ananya/why-are-china-and-the-us-fighting-over-taiwan-can-this-lead-to-a-war-in-the-worlds-biggest-chip-manufacturing-country/

Why are China and the US fighting over Taiwan? Can this lead to a war in the world’s biggest chip manufacturing country?

https://www.phonearena.com/news/will-the-chinese-take-military-action-to-seize-taiwan_id131849

Will China make a move on Taiwan to control the global chip market?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/global-microchip-shortage-has-china-eyeing-taiwan/ar-BB1gfQ80

Global microchip shortage has China eyeing Taiwan