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cco • today at 2:16 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Intel is incredibly important for American sovereignty and that's why they are semi-nationalized. They are a Boeing now.

A country must feed itself, power itself, and in 2026 it must be able to manufacture its own chips (from ore, to refining, to the foundry).


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Shitty-kitty • today at 2:31 AM

There isn't a single country in the world that can make advanced chips on its own. It takes machines, raw materials an chemicals from over a dozen different countries.

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melagonster • today at 3:05 AM

ASML: Am I joking to you?