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[Insane Metal]

Excellent video from Bloomberg on Japan's latest tech bet: going back to the 80's era of dominance in the chips industry

 

[DeepEnigma]

Could coincide with this as well shifting away from China, etc..

SoftBank CEO Son, Trump Announce $100B US Investment Plan

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday announced plans to invest $100 billion into U.S. projects during President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming term during an event at Mar-a-Lago on Monday.

www.investopedia.com

Sony also building PlayStations in Japan again and slowly shifting over from China.

 

[LimanimaPT]

It's about time. It really puzzles me how in the world can America, Europe and others, let China control this market.
The politicians that run western countries are so bad... What a lack of vision they have.

 

[Bojji]

It's about time. It really puzzles me how in the world can America, Europe and others, let China control this market.
The politicians that run western countries are so bad... What a lack of vision they have.

They only care how much money they can make (for themselves) between elections.

No long term strategies most of the time.

 

[AJUMP23]

Probably because there may be a war with China over Taiwan.

 

[Porcile]

Maybe young Japanese folk are really interested in chips, but I doubt it. Means you have to get in lots of foreigners, which is okay but Japan is becoming unliveable in some parts with crazy hot summers. Not to mention anywhere in Japan is one natural disaster away from being decimated and transient foreigners deciding they'd rather not have their house fall on top of them or get washed away in a mudslide.

 

[Tams]

Excellent video from Bloomberg on Japan's latest tech bet: going back to the 80's era of dominance in the chips industry

I wish news outlets would have more presenters who have some knowledge and passion for what they are presenting about.

She clearly has almost no idea what they are on about.

 

[Diddy X]

It makes me realize how wealthy Microsoft is, casually spending $67 billion to acquire ABK.

 

[jason10mm]

We are trying to build new chip factories in the US.

Turns out it is really hard.

And brutally expensive.

 

[Insane Metal]

We are trying to build new chip factories in the US.

Turns out it is really hard.

And brutally expensive.

Indeed! But it'll get better in a few years.

 

[Futaleufu]

But Japan is a giant chip maker. Kyocera? Renesas? Ricoh?

 

[Puscifer]

It's about time. It really puzzles me how in the world can America, Europe and others, let China control this market.
The politicians that run western countries are so bad... What a lack of vision they have.

Blame politicians all you want but the business themselves have final say. Ford shifting it's production to Mexico to me goes against everything they used to be as a company

 

[jason10mm]

Blame politicians all you want but the business themselves have final say. Ford shifting it's production to Mexico to me goes against everything they used to be as a company

But what else can they do? If the workers unionize and force their hand, it's move or shut down.

It's not like Americans have a strong desire to support local industry over the cheapest thing they can import. And the regulations on gas efficiency and whatnot hurting the classic American models. We did it to ourselves. Bit hopefully we can bring some of it back.

 

[AlphaDump]

We need to invest heavily in chip manufacturing and it should be a national security concern that is front and center. Wars will be fought over chip dominance for obvious reasons.

 

[jason10mm]

We need to invest heavily in chip manufacturing and it should be a national security concern that is front and center. Wars will be fought over chip dominance for obvious reasons.

For sure, big aircraft carrier battle groups are now as obsolete as wooden sailing ships were to an ironclad and a battleship was to a torpedo plane squadron. Vast fleets of autonomous drones are the future and its SUPER unsexy!

 

[Mattyp]

It's about time. It really puzzles me how in the world can America, Europe and others, let China control this market.
The politicians that run western countries are so bad... What a lack of vision they have.

Because people don’t want to pay more for the same product. It was a death knell for Japanese electronics when the Koreans did it cheaper now it’s Chinas turn.

The entire population has their say, and they vote with their wallet every time.

 

[Halo is Back]

Smart move, the pandemic exposed the extremely fragile global market of chip production and the overreliance on Taiwan to produce them.