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White House shot down Intel plans to increase chip production in China
A few years ago there was a Netflix documentary about the dangers of doing business with China. The Boeing CEO (former?) admitted in the documentary about knowing that China's demand of having Boeing manufacturing planes in China, AND be partly owned by the CCP will result in China eventually ripping-off its IP and eventually throwing Boeing out of China once it is able to make a clone of their plane and that the CEO was only interested in retiring with a hefty monetary package. He didn't care that China would steal Boeing's IP and eventually, use it against them.waveparticle said:
You don't understand history of high tech. The chips have thousands times more transistors than forty years ago. The cost of equipment skyrocketed. Company need to mass produce chips in order to make profit. Intel is the largest chip manufacturer. It is now excluded from the largest chip sector. Those are used by smartphones. There is little to zero probability Apple or Android manufacturers will switch to Intel chips. Intel is hanging on the PCs. China is the biggest market for PCs I believe. Intel need to keep the cost of PC down to maintain PC sales in China. This is why it needs to increase chip manufacturing in China. Otherwise, China will switch to Apple Silicon macs in no time.glennh said:
Bullshit! This crap started under the Reagan Administration. I live in Silicon Valley and personally saw Intel strip and close chip factories in the past to move the equipment over seas to increase profits to enrich executives bonuses through excessive profits through cheap labor and not regards for either domestic and foreign workers, the environment or national security concerns.waveparticle said:The chip shortage will continue under Biden administration. Companies will not manufacture chips in US. They cannot make money. If they try to raise prices they need to double or triple the prices. And this route is not working. Democrats have no concept of capitalism.One would think that after the World’s Covid PPE shortages made worst by the hoarding, excessive profiteering and the arrogant Chinese Communist Party using its control of the manufacturing as a political weapon the world has learned the lesson of depending on a inherently corruption and authoritarian to deliver essential goods.
The Biden administration is 1000 percent correct in trying to stop our “Capitalist from selling the ROPES to OUR and the ENTIRE WORLD HANGING!”So no. Screw China. Selling globally does not have to mean selling one's soul to China in the process and if it takes a bloated, bureaucratic monolith that is our U.S. government to get involved to set a speed limit, so be it.
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Apple's macOS Monterey causing problems with some USB-C hubs & docks
Two Macs both using Caldigit TS3+ docks working flawlessly under MacOS Monterey.
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Chinese students sue Apple over not including chargers with iPhones
Really? I just picked up my iPhone13 yesterday. Opened it up, plugged it right into the same cable/charger in my wall that I’ve been using for years.techrider said:…includes a charging cable that can’t be used until you buy something it can plug into. I think their green intentions contain a mixed message.
I didn’t have to buy “something” to plug into it.
your argument fails.
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New MacBook Pro chips deliver desktop performance with better power efficiency
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New MacBook Pro models limited to HDMI 2.0
This is the problem with these online sellers. HDMI 2.1 is 48gb/s and Thunderbolt tops out at 40gb/s. One cannot run HDMI 2.1 and 4K@120hz over Thunderbolt and these cheap Chinese knockoffs just through misleading advertisements like these.thedba said:
OMG what are we to do?libertyforall said:Translation: They are NOT SO PRO! Spend all that money and still no 2.1 port... *SMH*
(Price seen below is in Canadian dollars)
