basilico:


Agreed . China energy need are enormous. They need several sources because a single source can hold you hostage,Iran is a good source for them especially at discounted prices.

I think china will invade Taiwan, The semiconductor manufacture of the world.
Putin is just a side show breaking food chains..
China will take over manufacturing of Integrated semi conductors headquarter in Taiwan,
Then every electronic device will be controlled from China.

budaatum:


A stupid kind of argument, I'd think, so why are you making it to argue it against yourself?

Do know that I am not in America, so perhaps don't fully comprehend the scale over there. Where I am, paedophiles can't get away for long teaching in the school system, and it's mostly because the pupils themselves were empowered through education about sex, and gender, and the involvement of parents..

Hopefully, this bill will force more parents to be involved in the education about sex that their children receive instead of just cancelling lots of it as some want to.

Livelystone01:

Can you imagine, Buda will always be Buda, na wa!

You know how to run away and separate yourself when you are cornered in a discussion or argument and you know how to throw others (supporters who are around you) under the bus by bringing out your location afterwards.

My question is, why engage in arguments so keenly when you don't understand fully how the issue is over there like you claimed?

And to bring the UK into it as if she is better than the US is comical. The UK has no opposition that has the capacity to checkmate the ruling party so you think nonsense don't happen there or you are trying to use there as an utopia? Old glory UK knows she's living in past glory and thanks to brexit they wil soon face some tests in economic negotiation with other nations when the time comes.

The truth from what I've observed is that Buda serves one man, himself. He can throw anyone, including his friends just to get out unscathed in an argument and i have noticed that so many times since this thread was created.

SMH.

Ibime:



International trade does not work like that. Semiconductor is not the only product on the market. There are many products. Control of a product is only meant to give you leverage in negotiations, not as a tool of war which Putin is stupidly doing with a product he doesn't even control fully. You sell what you have and buy what you need. That's why they say nobody wins in a trade war. If China should ever control semiconductor market today, USA will invade Congo tomorrow to get their own and nothing China can do about it. Will they go and fight USA in Congo? They will eat their phones and computers with no market to sell it to.

China will not invade Taiwan without serious damage to the homeland economically. Not to mention Taiwan is one of the top10 military in the world, so they can damage their homeland economically while inheriting an Island of rubble as a result of Taiwan putting up some resistance. Bros, the world has moved beyond imperialist tendencies. We are in an age of trade and improvement of your citizens lives, not claiming pieces of land whose economic value is not equal to the economic shock your population will receive if try to go to war over it. That's why UK and Spain have never, and will never fight over Gibraltar. It usually takes an unhinged, old leader who has been too long removed from normal life to misunderstand this principle like Putin is doing.

I personally believe there is nothing stopping Russia from joining the EU and NATO except a lack of democracy and imperialistic ambitions. If Germany and Japan could drop their Imperialism and Autocracy and become the foremost economies in the world with their Citizens living la vida loca, then only Putin and those FSB mindset is stopping Russia from joining the comity of Nations. In history, Russia and Britain have always fought war on the same side and they have strong history of cooperation with the French except for the Napoleonic period. They are Europeans afterall and blood is thicker than water. I believe NATO will love to have a democratic Russia on its side as a deterrent against China who they share border with and who they are militarily superior to. They just need to do away with the past and old ways of thinking that Putin represents. All their former neighbours like Lithuania, Estonia and co are chopping life now, and if the Western world can absorb strong enemies like Japan and Germany, and even East Germany just 30 years ago and make them successful, then improving the lives of 150m Russians that have much to offer is a piece of cake. Putin is taking Russia the wrong way, simples.

Banchotmods:


Kikikiki ya isa finish ah it?
When ya isa finish ya isa open tha leg for tha king to enter. That isa ya purpose ye

Ibime:



International trade does not work like that. Semiconductor is not the only product on the market. There are many products. Control of a product is only meant to give you leverage in negotiations, not as a tool of war which Putin is stupidly doing with a product he doesn't even control fully. You sell what you have and buy what you need. That's why they say nobody wins in a trade war. If China should ever control semiconductor market today, USA will invade Congo tomorrow to get their own and nothing China can do about it. Will they go and fight USA in Congo? They will eat their phones and computers with no market to sell it to.

China will not invade Taiwan without serious damage to the homeland economically. Not to mention Taiwan is one of the top10 military in the world, so they can damage their homeland economically while inheriting an Island of rubble as a result of Taiwan putting up some resistance. Bros, the world has moved beyond imperialist tendencies. We are in an age of trade and improvement of your citizens lives, not claiming pieces of land whose economic value is not equal to the economic shock your population will receive if try to go to war over it. That's why UK and Spain have never, and will never fight over Gibraltar. It usually takes an unhinged, old leader who has been too long removed from normal life to misunderstand this principle like Putin is doing.

I personally believe there is nothing stopping Russia from joining the EU and NATO except a lack of democracy and imperialistic ambitions. If Germany and Japan could drop their Imperialism and Autocracy and become the foremost economies in the world with their Citizens living la vida loca, then only Putin and those FSB mindset is stopping Russia from joining the comity of Nations. In history, Russia and Britain have always fought war on the same side and they have strong history of cooperation with the French except for the Napoleonic period. They are Europeans afterall and blood is thicker than water. I believe NATO will love to have a democratic Russia on its side as a deterrent against China who they share border with and who they are militarily superior to. They just need to do away with the past and old ways of thinking that Putin represents. All their former neighbours like Lithuania, Estonia and co are chopping life now, and if the Western world can absorb strong enemies like Japan and Germany, and even East Germany just 30 years ago and make them successful, then improving the lives of 150m Russians that have much to offer is a piece of cake. Putin is taking Russia the wrong way, simples.

armyofone:


When real guys like us are talking, you with 'pin' too will claim man - smh

basilico:


"So TSMC, if you just have a look at market share, I believe manufactures around 50% of all semiconductors in the world. And I think that still understates how important it is, because these are some of the most advanced chips out there," said Wang.

Semiconductor designers and manufacturers are on a quest to make chips smaller and better. Currently, TSMC and its South Korean rival Samsung are the only foundries capable of manufacturing the most advanced 5-nanometer chips.

China is the global manufacturing hub, They consider Taiwan as part of their territory. If they capture Taiwan they will control 50 percent of world semiconductor market. What makes you think they wont . Now that its apparent America will do nothing if they move to the invasion phase

China if you didn't know want to control the world. They are unscrupulous and will use shortcuts outright or bribery to achieve this.
The Renminbi they want to make it the global trading currency,

The west in its morality quest thinks everyone plays fair. Chinese dont

Ibime:


Semiconductors are made from Silicon, Germanium, Cobalt. Taiwan has no monopoly over those materials so it's just a case of producing elsewhere.

basilico:



The device you used to reply has some chip inside it. Most likely made in Taiwan. You can have a mineral like diamonds but have no knowledge of processing to market it.

Ibime:


Semiconductors are made from Silicon, Germanium, Cobalt. Taiwan has no monopoly over those materials so it's just a case of producing elsewhere.

basilico:


China if you didn't know want to control the world. They are unscrupulous and will use shortcuts outright or bribery to achieve this.
The Renminbi they want to make it the global trading currency,

zendi:
[s]When Trump came to power, he saw extremism in the Middle East, in the form of ISIS.
He used the US Military to crush the Caliphate.
Then Baba Left came.
He chose to see his own extremism not in the Middle East, not even just in the US, but right in the US Military.
The difference between the Right and the Left is a difference between Day and Night ! [/s]

[s]https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-pentagon-is-investigating-extremism-in-the-military-heres-how-bad-the-problem-is#&_intcmp=hp1r_15,hp1r[/s]

GloriousGbola:


Naaa. TSMC is light years ahead of anyone else in the game.

The goal is thinner and thinner transistors.

TSMC is currently at 5nm. Intel who have their own foundries are still behind at 10nm

The thinner you get the more energy efficient.

This is also why in the last 2-3 years AMD has been kicking intels arse in raw cpu performance.
Amd .outsources foundry to TSMC, while Intel has been doing their chip foundry in-house

Those apple m1 chips are also based off their process.

TSMC is a very very big deal

Add that to the global semi conductor shortage which is affecting everything that has a chip in it -
If China were to sieze control of Taiwan and hence TSMC, they could disrupt supply of cars, pcs, phones, electronics etal

gambojimeta:

GloriousGbola:


Naaa. TSMC is light years ahead of anyone else in the game.

The goal is thinner and thinner transistors.

TSMC is currently at 5nm. Intel who have their own foundries are still behind at 10nm

The thinner you get the more energy efficient.

This is also why in the last 2-3 years AMD has been kicking intels arse in raw cpu performance.
Amd .outsources foundry to TSMC, while Intel has been doing their chip foundry in-house

Those apple m1 chips are also based off their process.

TSMC is a very very big deal

Add that to the global semi conductor shortage which is affecting everything that has a chip in it -
If China were to sieze control of Taiwan and hence TSMC, they could disrupt supply of cars, pcs, phones, electronics etal

benalvino3:


Give Nigerians the materials and they will make semiconductors.

basilico:

The device you used to reply has some chip inside it. Most likely made in Taiwan. You can have a mineral like diamonds but have no knowledge of processing to market it.

GloriousGbola:

TSMC is a very very big deal

Add that to the global semi conductor shortage which is affecting everything that has a chip in it -
If China were to sieze control of Taiwan and hence TSMC, they could disrupt supply of cars, pcs, phones, electronics etal.

budaatum:


If China seize control of Taiwan, Taiwan will be all they'll 'control' because no one will sell China the resources its people need to produce semiconductors or even enough food so their over 1.5billion people do not die of starvation, and that's apart from the fact that no one will buy China's newly seized semiconductors nor anything else, and the Tawainese they capture will sabotage operations at every single moment because China will find it almost impossible to capture the content in the Taiwanese's head.

I very much doubt the Chinese are mad and stupid like Putin, but I guess we'll duly see.

basilico:


If the Chinese seize Taiwan they can squeeze the market such that your android/iphone phone will not be replaced after you lose it,
See things on a global scale.
Stop being a simpleton.

budaatum:


You are dreaming, as usual. If China seizes Taiwan, anything made in China will become toxic unless you discount the media's ability to convince everyone not to buy anything Chinese and all the sanctions that would be imposed on then.

budaatum:


In dream land, Ben. Nigeria has been given the material to make petrol but still imports it.

Nigeria has been given the material to make light, but still cry NEPA!

I see bas already told you why.

Semiconductors are made from Silicon, Germanium, Cobalt. Taiwan has no monopoly over those materials so it's just a case of producing elsewhere.

basilico:


Most stuff is made in china. you are delusonal. major companies that manufacture stuff moved to China.
Even your toothpick, likely made in china.

budaatum:


I have not disputed that fact, bas. I'm telling you that if China seizes Taiwan, more that those currently sanctioning Russia will sanction China that needs the resources it imports to from around the world to "manufacture stuff moved to China Even your toothpick" so China wouldn't have the resources to manufacture anything and even if they can they would have no market to sell it to.

Now, if you wish to delude yourself that the world would not sanction China you are welcome, but be aware that you will be arguing that those who yelled "China Virus" would be so weak that they would fail to influence whatever Biden wants to do, and consider the marches of the youth all over the world joining in with Hong Kong.

China is not stupid, is the reason Taiwan continues to exist. China will seize Taiwan financially instead, if they want to though I bet they'd just work together especially in getting back the South China Sea.

basilico:


I will answer you later. all I can say now that Chinese want dominance.
seizing Taiwan allows them to control semiconductor market.
which we can bet they will

zendi:

Gambojimeta, your cancel mentality is writ large.
Do you keep day and night vigil over this place?
You're always the first to jump out.
Anyway, I just pray all those dogs don't give you Rabies.

budaatum:


Russia too can be said to have wanted dominance, bas, but what they've got out of the stupid error in understanding how the world works and thinking dominance is the same as 20th century military might, is a vast diminishing of themselves.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-gdp-crash-ukraine-war-inflation-sanctions-energy-putin-2022-3

basilico:


Now thats the stuff that grows us in this fora. I learn a lot here. Lets spend more time even in our diverse views to help each other here. Being antagonist all the time does not help.
We are here to grow each other please not compete who knows more.