alt Hacker News> Then it will be clear who's really in power.
If China closed the door overnight to the US, it would also be clear who's really in power.
The US simply does not have the capacity to replicate the manufacturing domestically.
Even if it were possible, "100% Made in the US" would end up costing at least 20–30% more.
And the US does not have a plan B. Sure there might be India .... one day....years away.
Oh I agree. China is clearly outplaying everyone. But EU surely doesn't want to replace one leash (US tech stack) with different leash (Chinese tech stack).
I keep wondering though. Is insane amount of compute really that crucial? Aren't most real computing needs served well with not so cutting edge tech? I am 5-10 years behind on most of my machines. Servers we have at work are very modest (and outdated) yet the software these servers power are still valuable. Maybe EU could run on some domestic RISC-V cheapo chips.