"Silicon" Valley is getting its ass kicked

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https://www.anandtech.com/show/16028/better-yield-on-5nm-than-7nm-tsmc-update-on-defect-rates-for-n5

TSMC (they make all the processors for Apple, nVidia, Qualcomm, etc.). Their main competition is Intel.

Intel always used to be ahead on manufacturing tech. They're falling behind.

I'd say processor manufacturing is much more important to national security than most other areas.