The island of Hokkaido has long been an agricultural powerhouse – now Japan is investing billions to turn it into a global hub for advanced semiconductors.
The island of Hokkaido has long been an agricultural powerhouse – now Japan is investing billions to turn it into a global hub for advanced semiconductors.
sensationalist BBC headline makes it sound like a chip fab will span the entirety of Hokkaido. That aside, the winding down of globalization combined with a global arms buildup and a prioritized native manufacturing of semiconductors does not bode well for future peace. Clearly everyone relying on Taiwan was not good, but nobody relying on anybody might just be worse.