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SpamSandwich said:

dewme said:

avon b7 said:

I imagine this would not have been possible without state and federal aid so the question on most people's lips is how much is involved.

Long term, it is a reasonable strategy, even with the government helping out which is how it should be IMO. The control of IoT security has long been a concern to many, and the chipset supply chain has been the biggest worry of them all. It would make sense to have IoT chipsets fabbed locally along with phone SoCs etc. 

Between now and 2024 there will be an incredible amount of IoT devices hitting the market. Far outnumbering phone chipsets. 

I don't know the details, but I wonder why the US didn't invest in saving and retaining US companies like Fairchild Semiconductors and National Semiconductors if having in-country fabs was of strategic national importance? There is also a concern in the back of my head that no matter how close we think the US may be with a foreign country, politics can change in a heartbeat. Maybe it's because a quarter of the students in my advanced military training program for state-of-the-art systems (that are still front line) were Iranian. One day they were our dear classmates, the next day they were gone.

Perhaps the US could do more to promote the interests of US citizens, as has been happening  since 2016.

nhlfan said:

It's a badge reader to open the doors. Cleary visible around the store next door.

rotateleftbyte said:

With 33 million unemployed in the US alone and many, many millions more worldwide in a similar boat, I don't see many people with money to spend for the next 3-6 months at least. Those that do may well, be like me and are keeping their wallets firmly closed for the forseeable future. Big ticket items are just not on my radar until the end of the year if that. I think the worldwide economy will take 3-5 years to truly recover. The APPL stock price may well drop again once the real picture of the world economy emerges.

Xed said:

All this is going to do is spread more COVID like George Soros and Bill Gates want.