• onetokeoverthe 13 hours ago

    does taiwan count as domestic?

    • tdeck 12 hours ago

      I'm not sure why this is so heavily downvoted - it's an interesting question. The PRC's official position is that Taiwan is part of China, so perhaps Taiwanese equipment does count.

      • jocaal 12 hours ago

        I don't think many equipment makers are Taiwanese. The names I am familiar with are KLA from the US. Tokyo Electron from Japan and ASML from Netherlands. TSMC buys equipment from them and build the fabs. The PRC wants complete vertical integration.

      • rasz 8 hours ago

        Equipment not product. It started with money going to R&D and scams like epic HSMC https://www.chinatalk.media/p/billion-dollar-heist-how-scamm... but Chinese are patient and real innovation eventually rises to the top. Case in point Made in China 2025 - looked like pipe dream 10 years ago, yet became bitter reality for western component manufacturers.