Biden to sign order to build 'China-free' tech supply chain
These headlines don&#x27;t mean anything whatsoever until Biden and Congress show up with a briefcase full of money. This isn&#x27;t an expensive problem to solve.<p>TSMC&#x27;s 3nm fab (slated to open next year) was estimated to cost just under $20B [0] back in 2018 when the project began. To put that number in perspective, Apple has spent $528B [1] on share buybacks and dividends in the past decade.<p>I surmise that a Taiwan-centric military conflict would cost the US far more than either of those two figures.<p>In light of the recent storms in Texas, a federally run power plant that serves only semiconductor fabs could be built in Austin TX as a first step.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.taiwannews.com.tw&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;3600724" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.taiwannews.com.tw&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;3600724</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s2.q4cdn.com&#x2F;470004039&#x2F;files&#x2F;doc_financials&#x2F;2021&#x2F;q1&#x2F;Q121-Return-of-Capital-Timeline.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s2.q4cdn.com&#x2F;470004039&#x2F;files&#x2F;doc_financials&#x2F;2021&#x2F;q1&#x2F;...</a>