commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoNew U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rulewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinehardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkNew U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rulewww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinehardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days ago And how do you define “chips?” Depends how big a bribe they pay him. Pay him enough and all of your “chips” are actually “microprocessors” instead and don’t get a tariff. These demands are always a shakedown. Always.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoTrivial to break up wafers into more chips.
Depends how big a bribe they pay him. Pay him enough and all of your “chips” are actually “microprocessors” instead and don’t get a tariff.
These demands are always a shakedown. Always.
Trivial to break up wafers into more chips.