Live data from Hacker News

Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: Too many chips made in Asia

bbc.com

21–30 of 233 posts

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

#21

I'm stoked. I've been a bit of an Intel hater lately but more competition is good for everyone. Though I'm guessing other people are excited about these directions as well because their stock is pretty high at the moment.

Same here, although I wouldn’t call myself as much as a hater as it’s just schadenfreude.

If Intel were to double down on their own fabbing and become a reasonable alternative to TSMC I think that would be great for everyone.

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

#22

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.

Is what he said true? We should really seek facts and truths instead of focusing on feelings or race or ethnicity. Truth does not care about feelings.

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

#23

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

Why do we need to keep secrets? If chips are distributed evenly, there will be no advantage given to anyone but lots of people can reap the benefits.

I don't like nationalist arguments, but I do think it is a bad idea for critical tech to be concentrated in a single place. It would be good for there to be advanced manufacturing sites on all six populated continents owned by different countries.

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

#25
post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not being xenophobic doesn’t require training

There are at least two interpretations of his words

yet you picked the one that's easier to criticize, well.

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

#27

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

Why do we need to keep secrets? If chips are distributed evenly, there will be no advantage given to anyone but lots of people can reap the benefits. I don't like nationalist arguments, but I do think it is a bad idea for critical tech to be concentrated in a single place. It would be good for there to be advanced manufacturing sites on all six populated continents owned by different countries.

that would be good, but it would be even better to be the people that have the advantage.

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

#28

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

As a taxpayer, I'm not particularly keen in seeing my money subsidize privately owned firms.

Spend-spend-spend should either be done through secured loans, or by the government receiving equity.

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

#29

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.

The headline is a bit editorialized. Here's what he actually said:

> It also needs more geographically balanced supply. Today there's a heavy bias to Asia. And as we've seen, coming out of some of the disruptions and challenges, the world needs US and European supply in a more balanced way. It's the right thing for the global supply chain requirements, for both commercial as well as for government and defence use as well.

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

#30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do we need to keep secrets? If chips are distributed evenly, there will be no advantage given to anyone but lots of people can reap the benefits. I don't like nationalist arguments, but I do think it is a bad idea for critical tech to be concentrated in a single place. It would be good for there to be advanced manufacturing sites on all six populated continents owned by different countries.

that would be good, but it would be even better to be the people that have the advantage.

I don't understand this thinking. Why would we want to impoverish others? After all, it's not like these power brokers give a shit about the American public, it's about great power competition.
Post reply on HN