Originally Posted by
Asturias56
ermmm - think you'll find the technology to produce modern semiconductors has largely been developed in Taiwan............
Taiwan is the world leader in advanced chip production, using more of the European built extreme UV lithography gear than anyone else. But they use technology from all over.
It is a measure of Intel's decay that they led the multi billion dollar rescue of the sole supplier of this essential equipment, ASML, when they were near failing some years ago, but now are struggling to use that gear effectively. Sadly the US has implemented free access to the world's talents for so long that it has forgotten that such access is subject to change, even though the proliferation of 'sanctions' make it much more likely.