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Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by balls187 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:54 PM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

Wow he really said that. Kinda stupid if you ask me, people may take it personally. This is why when you mean "We need a more distributed supply chain" you say "we need a more distributed supply chain" and don't single out a geoethnic region.

> and don't single out a geoethnic region.

He didn't. Asia is a continent, and it's no different than saying the biggest consumer of hot dogs is North America.

I'm Asian, fwiw.

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by carmen_sandiego » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:54 PM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

Wow he really said that. Kinda stupid if you ask me, people may take it personally. This is why when you mean "We need a more distributed supply chain" you say "we need a more distributed supply chain" and don't single out a geoethnic region.

It is specific to that part of the world. He's not worried about African chip manufacturers, is he?

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by zaphirplane » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:55 PM UTC

xiphias2 wrote: post #3

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

Wow he really said that. Kinda stupid if you ask me, people may take it personally. This is why when you mean "We need a more distributed supply chain" you say "we need a more distributed supply chain" and don't single out a geoethnic region.

I guess he's not used to political speech, as he has more technical experience. He needs to get used to picking his words more carefully.

Isn’t he being politically aware by not naming the Asian country ? Because as a technical person what’s the concern if a lot of chips are made in the continent of Asia

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:55 PM UTC

philistine wrote: post #4

He didn't get the memo Trump isn't president anymore. The dog whistles are out of style right now.

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Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by Waterluvian » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

America should use the "we need to spend spend spend to revitalize the economy" to domesticate more industry.

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by scsilver » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

Wow he really said that. Kinda stupid if you ask me, people may take it personally. This is why when you mean "We need a more distributed supply chain" you say "we need a more distributed supply chain" and don't single out a geoethnic region.

Doesnt asia have like 3 billion people of all sorts of ethnicities? Sorry 4.5 billion people.

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by tibbydudeza » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

It it Intel speak "we can't compete against TMSC/Samsung".

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by irrational » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

Wow he really said that. Kinda stupid if you ask me, people may take it personally. This is why when you mean "We need a more distributed supply chain" you say "we need a more distributed supply chain" and don't single out a geoethnic region.

How many chips are being manufactured in Antarctica, Africa, Australia, Europe, Oceania, or South America?

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by coding123 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:58 PM UTC

We absolutely do need to keep the secrets for how this stuff is made local.

Re: Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

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Post by redisman » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 9:58 PM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #2

Wow he really said that. Kinda stupid if you ask me, people may take it personally. This is why when you mean "We need a more distributed supply chain" you say "we need a more distributed supply chain" and don't single out a geoethnic region.

How is his statement any different from saying too much of our oil comes from the Middle East or too much of our wine from Europe? Or are all those also forbidden statements?