Broken Silicon 125: Is a War over TSMC likely? Severity of Shortages? | Jason Fields, Angry Planet
Added 2021-11-01 17:47:39 +0000 UTCJason Fields joins Tom to discuss a potential conflict over Taiwan and TSMC between the US and China, and what shortages would look like in a world where TSMC is taken offline…
0:00 Intro Warning – an important, but atypical episode.
2:50 Who is Jason Fields? What is the Angry Planet Podcast?
5:39 Is Jason, a war reporter, aware of how bad gaming shortages are now?
10:29 Taiwan's ascent to incredible global importance
18:39 Can the US afford to lose Taiwan? Can China afford to lose afford the blowback?
24:59 How would a potential takeover of Taiwan likely happen?
31:00 What are China's motivations for taking Taiwan?
37:52 Would controlling Taiwan be an easy weapon to wield?
40:39 Do corporations have any power to prevent a war?
47:49 What should we hope happens with Taiwan? Is America in decline?
1:02:34 If Taiwan was "Knocked Out" - what would the shortages look like?
1:13:09 Should the West Diversify silicon production more? Or focus many on relations?
Jason’s Podcast, Angry Planet: https://angryplanet.substack.com/p/when-will-china-invade-taiwan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonqfields/
https://www.reuters.com/journalists/jason-fields
https://twitter.com/JasonQFields
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS49548278220160520
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2021/06/03/2003758486
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-27/china-ghost-cities-show-growth-driven-by-debt/9912186
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Kuo_(novel_series)
Comments
Tom man. You're on point right here. This is fascinating and I cannot wait to listen shortly. Thank you so much for putting this together and to the guest Jason Fields for his time and knowledge sharing.
Mark Smith
2021-11-01 23:11:50 +0000 UTCGreat podcast! Also I'm a mailman and my favorite thing to do is to listen to your podcasts while walking the streets.
matthew saltzberg
2021-11-01 19:57:15 +0000 UTCThanks for not holding back or sugar coating the facts about what's really happening in the world around us. I want to be accurately informed
Shadhahvar
2021-11-01 18:07:08 +0000 UTC
