[yo_yo_yo-yo]

You significantly underestimate the importance of compute superiority for data synthesis for command & control.

[starspangled]

No I don't, and anyway US-aligned semiconductor design and fabrication is still superior to Chinese if TSMC did not exist.

[yo_yo_yo-yo]

TSMC is the only card Taiwan has, hence your argument doesn’t hold water.

But, I think I see where you’re going: the US preemptively destroying Taiwan’s fab capacity…