Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign made computer chips and semiconductors imported to US

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/trump-tariffs-chips-semiconductors

[Ocelot II]

1. Wow! What a concept!

Whole lotta stupid going' on...

[Metaphorical]

2. Well, that just tripled the cost of computers, cell phones, cars, applicances, ....

What the Idiot-in-Chief fails to understand is that it typically takes upwards of a decade to create a fab, and that's assuming that investors are willing to throw their money away doing so. Not to mention the fact that almost all chips and processors are currently made in China and South Korea, even though that are ostensibly produced by American companies. This may be what finally pushes the GenAI revolution into a DEEP crash.

[flamingdem]

3. Are people supposed to take this seriously?

Will a bribe do the trick?

[MrWowWow]

4. We Need a Treasury-Busting Tariff

on all Russian assets.

[sakabatou]

5. *headdesk*

This is gonna break so many companies that sell any electronics.

[stopdiggin]

6. has no idea whatsoever ....

On any level ... On any topic ...
It's just a vast wasteland of ... Noise.

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[0rganism]

7. F47 might have accidentally thrown Intel a bone, but TSMC and all the tech companies on their process gonna be pissed

Intel was about to drop its foundry division, I bet they're reconsidering now.

China smiling and licking its chops in the background.

Of course, all this is subject to change if F47's bowels act up overnight.