Why has TAIWAN become the most IMPORTANT country in the world? - VisualPolitik EN

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From the new iPhones with 5G capabilities to the latest warplanes such as the F-35, semiconductor chips have become the backbone of new technologies. These microchips are at the core of new industrial trends such as robotics, nanotechnology, autonomous driving, 5G or digital ecosystems.
And if we’re talking about chips, we need to talk about Taiwan. In this video we tell you why, for many, Taiwan has become the most important country in the world, why the shortage of chips has set alarms off for half the planet and what consequences the new technological pulse between East and West may have.
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[@kittendude7685]

@Sl Mi do countries have to be in the UN to be considered a country now

[@fadzilhashim.0910]

Taiwan 🇹🇼 is Republic of China 🇹🇼 👍 . Don't forget to support the Taiwanese 🇹🇼 Pineapples 🍍 too 👍 .

[@olivermartin9120]

Vile and Shameless people use lies! You are one of them!

[@kittendude7685]

@Sl Mi buddy, some countries are not IN un but are recognized as countries anyways

[@kittendude7685]

@Sl Mi but the Taiwanese was the “previous” Chinese regime, so they were not installed into power? As for me, I dislike the current “agreement” where China commits crimes like intellectual property theft and human rights abuses, and get off scot free.

[@baaruudak.b.m1114]

We love you Taiwan From Somaliland

[@kent52584]

We are honored to have a diplomatic relationship with your country. :)

[@papapeethehunks]

Taiwan should invest heavily in Eswatini & Somaliland to counter China in Africa. I say Taiwan should also recognise Western Sahara since Morocco does not intend to recognise Taiwan.

[@MysticTroll]

Iskawaran!

[@khadarmohamed5521]

@@MysticTroll fi'aan= am fine, impressed with your Somalilland/Somali language. Cheers!

[@peterderuiter2937]

im just here to support Taiwan

[@jackwang6016]

Thank you from Taiwan.

[@littledovecitydust]

I support Taiwan reunification.

[@jackwang6016]

@@littledovecitydust I support an independent Tibet, an independent Manchuria.

[@littledovecitydust]

@@jackwang6016 I don't mind what you support, as long as you don't interfere with my rights. You can support a donkey mating with a horse, and that's totally fine.

[@jackwang6016]

@@littledovecitydust What is your right?

[@sarahs8371]

I love Taiwan, from Canada!

[@EdmondKua]

Taiwan NUMBER 1 Baby!!!!!!!

[@gangland479]

Why would US want to protect it though they need to fund the #HomeTeam stupid fucking government

[@chieflouie2821]

China will invade them soon.

[@matthewspry4217]

Deservedly so !! They strive to make the best !!

[@chloekaftan]

@@chieflouie2821 they better freaking not. taiwan is protected by america, japan, and the UN. plus the ccp knows that taiwan is only true legitimate government of china, for the ccp to go to war with the true sovereign of china would be to admit that the ccp is not an acknowledged government. And thats the last thing winnie the pooh wants.

[@dreamspheree]

Totally cheers from Israel

[@valak661]

Taiwan 🇹🇼 we love you congratulations keep it up

[@stolly27]

I love Taiwan!!!

[@mercedesbenz3751]

Taiwan is No.1 from India🇮🇳 I love Taiwan and want to visit them.❤️❤️🇹🇼

[@willy4170]

Excuse me, your name is mercedes Benz, but you have the BMW logo as a profile picture? Wtf

[@balmi4141]

@@willy4170 because he's indian

[@Aegon_Targaryen]

@@willy4170 sigma male

[@e662000]

😄

[@jama5191]

@@willy4170 because it is free😁

[@pewlito]

Love to taiwan from Slovenia, Europe

[@charlielin8421]

Thx for your vaccines

[@Kevin-vc3jf]

China will be mad you called Taiwan a country lol..

[@phanwhite1029]

You scared of china being mad then you have been infiltrated and self-censored

[@cynthiamsun]

only calling taiwan what it is

[@billyjean2905]

@J K Apple and Disney and Tesla care...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AeneasGemini]

@J K I care about China being mad, being happy about something counts as caring right?

[@tsuitsui100]

No one care China, just a rubbish country

[@Forlfir]

I'm happy to hear that Taiwan is doing well, wishing the country all the best

[@johanyeager536]

Taiwan will return to its original place sooner or later

[@waynec5208]

@@johanyeager536 Just like you will return to your original place?

[@3pan1]

@@waynec5208 He probably means Taiwan will become a colony of The Netherlands again or something equally nonsensical.

[@yerri5567]

L F Fun fact: Taiwans government, Republic of China, actually claims to be the country called China. They even once sat in the UN representing the country called China.

[@jian71ful]

Well

[@Anomize23]

Lets all take a moment and thank Tawain where we use computers that we are on and drive our cars with every day.😎

[@cooliipie]

Taiwan #1

[@dongxi2962]

nope

[@thetruth4951]

I agree that taiwan is the best, btw your profile pic is amazing lol

[@jackwang6016]

@@dongxi2962 Taiwan is such a great country.

[@freeman10000]

台灣加油

[@bearsagainstevil]

Tiawan is what the mainland should be like , the wrong Chinese won the civil war in my opinion. Best wishes from uk some of my family by marriage fled china when the communists took over .

[@AgentSmith911]

Taiwan number 1 baby! 💪🏻

[@robertos4876]

Taiwan not only makes the world's best semiconductor, they also makes top notch drive train and other parts for Tesla, AIrBus, Boeing, GE, and just about all major companies. Taiwan also produces the best biotech equipment. Last but not the least, the most delicious fruits.

[@carloschambliss1752]

You LIKE talking and I like LISTENING.....Did you read TODAYS ARTICLE????

[@blackgbaoops]

🇹🇼

[@edwardpi9852]

Taiwan college freshman also built an electric rocket.

[@CutiePi]

Taiwan is such a great country. 🇹🇼 Loved my time there in 2019, beautiful landscapes, great culture and amazing food.

[@dongxi2962]

k

[@christianjlevesque]

I love Taiwan. I try to go a least once a year. Haven't been back since March of last year :( Can't wait to go back.

[@troia780]

As a Taiwanese I feel like we are outcast by this world in past 20 years. Little surprise many people know Taiwan now. Those support voices r so much need for us. Thanks all u guys. Bcz we would rather die than being a China’s slave

[@Shanaoh]

Respect to Taiwan 🇹🇼

[@kennyz6271]

Thank you , you just made Taiwan a country here

[@reremouse1157]

But the fact is that you are a pure Chinese. Maybe purer than the mainland Chinese. LOL.

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

even for people who dont care about taiwan it is important purely because of TSMC

[@reremouse1157]

@Da Hui By this definition, people in Taiwan share the same Chinese culture norm.

[@luana.desousa6398]

This video is sensored in West Taiwan

[@flamingkitsune2792]

Oof

[@michaelclark3192]

Haha, you mean China

[@a.a.5386]

lol

[@skydivekrazy76]

Start telling people to buy Starlink...

[@luana.desousa6398]

@@michaelclark3192 you mean South Mongolia?

[@yuantingkung378]

As a Taiwanese, thanks for recognizing us as a country.

[@shosecor4986]

Do you still consider yourself a true China or like more a separate nation?

[@yuantingkung378]

@@shosecor4986 As Taiwan transform from a absolute regime of KMT dominant country to a democracy under the Taiwanese president Lee Tung Hui, there is gradually growing Tainwanese personal identification than Chinese personal identification. Currently our government and people tend to recognize ourself as a separate country than true China. The only problem is we didn't declare independence from ROC and all our membership in international participation were inherited from ROC dictatorship era. Thus there are times we still work under the name of ROC or sometimes even claimed the whole Mongolia, most of us, especially the young ones, consider ourself to be a separate country from PRC, rather than the so called true China.

[@Melikabiga]

I lived in Taiwan for half a year. The most magical place on earth in my opinion

[@woodinmyblazer1415]

@@Melikabiga such friendly people there

[@nkristianschmidt]

TW was the finest country in 2020, by far.

[@user-qp7nc4fd1e]

Taiwanese love freedom. It is polite, and we have a very proud semiconductor manufacturing industry; we are not China, our name is Taiwan, and we welcome people from all over the world who love freedom and love the ocean or climb mountains to visit Taiwan.

[@Claro1993]

At least the government adopts to its people unlike Chinese Beijing that forces people to adopt to its rules. Without criticism.

[@delvinrb]

you are not China then why you call your country Republic of China not Republic of Taiwan?

[@user-wg7fv4zv3o]

@@delvinrb unrealistic! The question you asked is a very low-level question, unless you are a Chinese, you can go to Google to inquire

[@Crxw2Tired]

@@delvinrb bait

[@captives6479]

You're fake as hell. You can only be represented by 'Chinese Taipei' in international events. And you have no seat in the United Nations. 'ROC' had already been replaced by 'PRC' in 1972. Wake up.

[@Teddylin2000]

So proud to be 🇹🇼Taiwanese 😎

[@bearsagainstevil]

Best wishes from uk we need to defend you guys if CCP ever attacks

[@julianalaveraz]

We will always defend taiwan aganist ccp

[@jxys1723]

taiwan is a country

[@jxys1723]

@@bearsagainstevil thx for saying ccp instead of china. A lot of people don't get that china is not the ccp.

[@ucuppsani6767]

@@bearsagainstevil hahahah USA just love war for oil n gas

[@KaptainKKD]

Taiwan also invented boba/bubble tea/pearl milk tea, which is now become a global snack-drink to consume. Taiwan also has the most safe night markets to get your midnight snack on.

[@RoboJules]

Taiwan is an example of what mainland China could be without authoritarianism, and that very much threatens the CCP's legitimacy.

[@Joshua_N-A]

The original Republic of China also with the original flag.

[@williammiao8862]

One of many reasons why people suspect that The Taiwan independence movement is actually a CCP controlled opposition.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

@@williammiao8862 a bit conspiracy-ish but okay

[@melopc]

Yes, now Taiwan ‘s gdp ranks 11th of all Chinese provinces and dropping, an example indeed.

[@williammiao8862]

@@melopc To be fair,Taiwan’s GDP per capita is about double the Shanghai city’s GDP per capita , and about triple the whole Communists controlled area of China’s GDP per capita, basically Taiwan including their most rural areas, still have a higher GDP per capita then Beijing city proper. I think you have to compare apples to apples, since more people in the workforce is obviously going to leads to high GDP.

[@donut9506]

I love Taiwan so much

[@exp8all]

Taiwan #1! Buy chips and pineapples! 💻🍍🇹🇼

[@jackwang6016]

A pineapple a day keeps China away.

[@SaceedAbul]

Calls Taiwan a country Chine: Wait you cant do that

[@jayw115]

China is going to invade

[@jinngeechia9715]

What you are called depends largely on who does the talking. China didn't like what they saw so they changed the name to make it sound better to themselves, like "runaway province".

[@canon-de-75]

No I’ll make them even more mad. Look, it’s the Republic of China!

[@badluck5647]

@@canon-de-75 Make them really mad by calling the mainland "West Taiwan".

[@shivsankermondal]

Winnie the poo - angry noises

[@penguinreigns8283]

Happy Taiwan is in this position. Hopefully one day it can truly be recognized as a country

[@heinrichklaus5717]

President Biden says Taiwan is an inalienable part of China with strict adherence to the One-China policy.

[@penguinreigns8283]

@@heinrichklaus5717 yeah it is a difficult situation but every country recognizes communist China because they hold more land. Taiwan also claims it is the main China but because of power differences nobody sides with their recognition.

[@10milliondogstorturedinchi92]

@@penguinreigns8283 The Taiwanese people actually don't want anything to do with China. The ROC (the government which currently occupies Taiwan and makes those silly territorial claims you refer to) was founded in China in 1912 when Taiwan was part of Japan and fled from China to Taiwan in 1949 after getting kicked out of China by the communists. The ROC is a foreign government in exile and does *not* represent the Taiwanese people. The Taiwanese actually preferred Japanese rule over the ROC/KMT because the ROC/KMT was a brutal military dictatorship for decades and seen as a foreign entity/invader as well. But since the ROC became democratic in the 1990's, the Taiwanese have been able to vote the KMT party (which is from China) out of power more often than not, replacing it with the Taiwanese DPP party.

[@ucuppsani6767]

@@heinrichklaus5717 biden has power just 4year

[@booz394]

Did Biden really say that??

[@predabot__6778]

I'd just like to give my support for Taiwan, from Sweden, as well! :) I long for the day when the democratic countries of the world, such as my own, will finally have the BALLS to recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state.

[@sancho590]

Thank you bro. We love ikea too. 😍

[@captives6479]

Taiwan has yet to fight and win the war of independence. Are you willing to join the Taiwan army to fight against China? If you are, then you have balls of steel.

[@angrydragon4574]

Lithuania is in the lead. God bless Lithuania in leading the free world towards recognizing the sovereign state of Taiwan.

[@yerri5567]

Predabot __ They already did. Taiwans government, Republic of China, actually claims to be the country called China. They even once sat in the UN representing the country called China (till 1971). Its still written clearly in their constitution that they are the legitimate government of China.

[@larrya3681]

Don't just send costless wishes. Join the army and fight for it. Otherwise it's just plain hypocrisy supporting wars

[@markjv24]

You completely ignored AMD and Qualcomm, both of who use TSMC's fabs for their processors.

[@triadwarfare]

Can't blame him. Him or his writers are not into tech.

[@Eru-]

Does apple really need 80% of TSMC's 5nm chip production? Is it possible to mine bitcoin using iphone :v

[@roadrage9191]

Or the dutch company ASML the only supplier of UEV machines that actually make the chips. Guess the Netherlands is the most important too now.

[@markjv24]

@@roadrage9191 The Netherlands is very important. Rotterdam has the largest traffic out of any port in Europe. The Netherlands has a very strong economy for such a small country. It probably has the most advanced agricultural techniques and technologies out of any country in the world. A lot of European financial institutions left London for Amsterdam post-Brexit.

[@ruud195]

@@markjv24 Banking we are the maffia of the world, 8,5 trillion without paying tax PO Box Company's have 10 times more sales volume as the Netherlands self

[@yccn410]

Thank you for making this video about Taiwan. As a Taiwanese, I'm grateful to see so many supportive comments about my country.

[@yerri5567]

VC Just remember, your "country" claims to be the country called China, as stated in your countrys (Republic of CHINAs) constitution.

[@justice929]

Taiwanese seem to have superior intellect... AMD created by American Taiwanese MIT superstar engineer, Nvidia created by American Taiwanese computer genius... I can go on and on...American Taiwanese Victor Peng AI chips...

[@kianono3209]

You tube's co-founder Steve Chen , Yahoo's co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang and Garmin's Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman Dr. Min-Hwan Kao .

[@KenGold666]

well they co founded those companies

[@AlexKeiko]

Feel lucky to live in Taiwan.

[@RonaldMcPaul]

Taiwan is definitely the most important.

[@roadrage9191]

Dutch company ASML silently smiling as everybody buys their UEV machines to make the chips.

[@ucuppsani6767]

Important for USA proksi to war

[@veryinterestingpersonaliti8321]

@@roadrage9191 I think you need to know the history between tsmc and ASML.

[@roadrage9191]

@@veryinterestingpersonaliti8321 TSMC is a customer, ASML is a supplier. That is the history lol. ASML builds the most vital machines that TSMC uses to make the chips, they obviously do work closely together, but not enough to say Taiwan is most important. Making chips honestly is a global effort, ASML is Dutch, it has Dutch, German, American and other suppliers of critical components. Many employees from around the world, the big brains. So best set national pride aside and look how much effort goes into making a chip.

[@MikeGolfLima]

The reason China is not very successful with chip manufacturing, is because the semiconductor industry is a global conglomerate of business researching and developing.

[@Datrde]

Taiwan is a country 🇹🇼🥰

[@gizenliu]

The official country name of Taiwan is Republic of China (R. O. C.), which means the original Chinese Republic created by Dr. Sun, Yat Sen in China in 1912. However, after World II, in 1945, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the civil war against the central government of R. O. C., who suffered from the 8-year war invaded by the Japanese Empire. Unfortunately, the war-weakened central government of R. O. C. lost the civil war and then moved to Taiwan in 1949. Since then, the central government of R. O. C. has been continuing its governance in this country over Taiwan.

[@stephendelacruzone]

✨👍

[@Aegon_Targaryen]

Love🇹🇼 From INDIA

[@underoath711081]

Love taiwan.

[@Datrde]

@@nousername-zs3yh 🥰🥰🥰

[@hsinhuang6039]

As a Taiwanese I always feel no one knows Taiwan, Now I see how important role Taiwan play in technologies in the world. No wonder our government take care of us, Health care almost free, free public colleges, get paid to have kids. free wifi, etc.. Our human rights, IQ, lowest crime, democracy scores on the top 10 in the world. Since kid we study so hard and our parents work so hard, it all finally pay off. But I live in US and always feel being discriminated as Taiwanese that just doesn't make sense. They often said: Taiwan? "You guys get paid 50 cents a day working in sweat shop, right" , "you guys are communist" , "a lot of transgender prostitute there" or "I like Thai food, do you cook Thai food?" apparently most of Americans have no any idea about Taiwan.

[@ChloeChloe.]

A proud Taiwanese here! You're all welcome to visit here after the pandemic🤗

[@gwailodemise-211]

Taiwan, China

[@julianalaveraz]

@@gwailodemise-211 shanghai, taiwan

[@gwailodemise-211]

@@julianalaveraz slumendiaaa

[@Digmen1]

I have always wanted all western countries to recognise Taiwan and stand up for them and support them. Make China understand that they are a seperate independent democratic country!

[@philipwoodgate9555]

when we are able to de-couple our economies we will. But there are steps that need to be taken, one of them is ensuring Taiwan can defend itself from the CCP. Remember they have stated that stating Taiwan is an independent country means war.

[@mereobserver1727]

Had we consistently placed liberty above comfort and profit, world would not be in the place it is today. CCP is the cost of our complacency, that’s standing on the cusp of world conquest... primarily by means of subversion. One could argue that right now, they’re following old maxim, namely “don’t interrupt your enemy when it is busy destroying itself”. So while current administration is busy erasing American heritage, history and culture - the party doesn’t see the need to waste boots on the ground of a crumbling empire. Taiwan, on the other hand though, is one delicious fruit that they pine...apple after.

[@laowhy86]

Oh, the title. Perfect.

[@CoolDude911]

Now I know what videos you get your sources from.

[@manojkumar-jt3fw]

Hi iaowhy

[@chamwae3572]

Lol

[@plinyelder8156]

No

[@complicatedjason]

Lol the laowhy war mongerer is here

[@qxezwcs]

CCP: NOOOOOOOO Rest of the World: TAIWAN IS A COUNTRY!!!

[@davidianantono2127]

You are provocator.

[@qxezwcs]

@@davidianantono2127 50 cent army?

[@petervercauteren3817]

No brand, no celebrity, no country has called Taiwan a country. Just some netizens on yt...

[@andrewgardner1702]

Semiconductors where invented by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments. Its thanks to this company that we have all the advanced technology we do. TI has many FABS throughout the world. Including Taiwan. I am lucky to be an operator who is involved with the production of these microchips on silicon discs called wafers

[@badluck5647]

It is hysterical that people think calculators for schools are Texas' Instruments primarily product.

[@andrewgardner1702]

@@badluck5647 definitely not. Our primary contracts right now are for respirators and break systems for Bosch and other companies.

[@writer684]

Why did they share the technology or if not how did others have the knowledge later to make them?

[@censoredyoutube4902]

Basically, I can't think of anything digital nowadays would not need chips. Chips, like oil in the last century, is the driving force behind the normal function of modern life.

[@censoredyoutube4902]

@@writer684 The godfather of Taiwan's semiconductor industry, Morris Chang, also the founder of TSMC, used to be an executive engineer at TI before establishing TSMC in Taiwan back in 1980s. It's a long story to tell. Tech transfer also involved Japan and other European countries. But one major reason for Taiwan to be able to dominate global chip manufacture is that for decades, the best students and the smartest kids have either got into medicine practice or hardcore engineering/science such as EE, ME, CE, material science, physics, and chemistry etc. This tradition has established a rich and resourceful talent pool that is hard to replace in anytime soon. In the US, it's otherwise. Smart people prefer to work in more lucrative professions such as lawyer, Wall Street, and nowadays, CS !

[@yin3331]

Western democracies have not yet established diplomatic relations with Taiwan，Ashamed of them

[@captives6479]

Duh! Because Taiwan is a part of China. Can one establish diplomatic relation with Hawaii??? LOL.

[@billsze3947]

@@captives6479 Aren't there countries with diplomatic ties with South and North Korea, not to mention East and West Germany of yesteryear? China being one of them. What gives?

[@user-gm4in8zw6z]

@@captives6479 Taiwan is Taiwan, china is evil china, different country. SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@IBITZEE]

Hi "VisualPolitikDude"---- great info of outmost interest... but: 1) when putting citation (sucha as the one of the Taiwan minister lady... please "DATE" them... and if possible "PLACE" them too... 2) when referring to a "RELATED-TO-CONTENT" device (as the iPhone to the chip it uses)... please indicate what's the item in cause... and the specific problem... (I don't know if it is the Apple-M1 production for the iPhone with the 5nm tech... or even a older Apple-A??) Once more... great info... hope to see more!!!

[@0x0x00]

TSMC 5nm = Intel 7nm TSMC will start 3nm production in 2021/2....lately announced its capability in manufacturing 2nm and 0nm.

[@ejhockey]

Well done and informative video, thanks!

[@Mr.Prince_Tunmise]

A pineapple 🍍 a day keeps the CCP away.

[@theswordsman7772]

Wow this caught up first

[@LuisRomeroLopez]

Luckily, I have a pineapple in the fridge. 😌

[@bluexecutor6635]

Lolololol, my country just bought lots of that recently 🤗

[@somedandy7694]

Pineapple a day keeps dictators away!

[@jennychuang808]

Wow! This is the best

[@michaelho1041]

The automakers created the current chip shortage by first canceling orders when the times were tough and now double booking their orders. There is indeed a shortage now but the scale of the shortage is greatly exaggerated due to the double booking. And it doesn’t matter whether new foundries are built in the US, Europe, or Japan, because the current shortage has nothing to do with where the chips are made. We can also expect the chip market to crash due to extreme excess capacity a few years from now with everybody rushing to offer subsidies to get a foundation of their own.

[@bigpapa1954]

i am happy that this factory is in taiwan. more power to them.

[@kopibin9532]

no mention at all for the best chips ever: Doritos

[@net5966]

one day it will be made in taiwan, haha

[@rohitrawat6308]

Hey as a person who really admires your work...I just had a question for you......On an average how much time does it take for you to research on the topics??? Really very curious to know. Thank You

[@phaikia13]

I'm just here to troll China and Winne the Pooh.

[@ivan4122]

The world better protect that country nd yes¡! Their 🍍 as well...🤣

[@user-gg9zr3fe4y]

TAIWAN NUMBER1. from sk

[@wahidanaima557]

Algeria 🇩🇿 always stands with Taiwan 🇹🇼 United and amicably

[@gwailodemise-211]

🖕🏿

[@gwailodemise-211]

First develop your poor Country first

[@camilojarac]

Great content! Aren't Income and Revenue labelled wrong? I mean Revenue (i.e. Sales) should be the larger bar...

[@seraphina985]

Correct both figures technically refer to income but revenue is the gross income figure and income is the net income figure. Thus income will always be at least somewhat lower than revenue well in theory a business that is operated by unpaid labor, steals all its supplies, never delivers any goods, and evades all taxes could make these two numbers the same but income can never be the higher of the two. Also, such an operation would hardly be a business hell even most criminal enterprises would stop short of being quite that bold as the unwelcome attention from authorities would be similarly extreme heh.

[@Janpan69]

台灣第一☝️

[@jennychuang808]

🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼

[@amr12657]

Full support to taiwan ❤from 🇮🇳

[@Bianchi77]

Nice info, thanks.

[@gily3344]

Taiwan- the thriving democracy that China could have become without the CCP.

[@PureFPSPwnage]

YES. THIS RIGHT HERE.

[@Skrajne_centrum]

China would be more like India propably.

[@godzilacarnivoro6292]

@@Skrajne_centrum I doubt that average China fan

[@complicatedjason]

Being slave to USA?

[@complicatedjason]

Democracy didn't help Taiwan tho, USA open technology exchange did.

[@muhyadinmohamoud3947]

We love Taiwan ❤somaliland

[@AZ-zk6fr]

I am Taiwanese love Somaliland

[@AZ-zk6fr]

When I know there is a Somaliland in Africa like ours, I'm glad we can stand together

[@awandemadondo3623]

Thanks for information

[@ashman8891]

And here I thought Pringles and Frito Lays was the best chip war ever :D

[@0dyss3us51]

Welcome younger Simon.

[@briananthony4044]

Oh yeah, just noticed.

[@Drumsgoon]

I think the builders of the EUV machines are more important: ASML in the Netherlands.

[@chooingbobo]

These companies are all interrelated, having dedicated teams helping the R/D for its strategic partners. ASML---TSMC----AMD/APPL. The development of EUV is aided by TSMC as well, same case for apples's chips

[@genuinennessbefitting4734]

EUV is built in TSMC's 12b factory, TSMC works with ASML

[@net5966]

before ASML has his role, TSMC took ASML as a partner

[@pattammalvaradarajan9017]

May be you should research on how Taiwan acquires the rawmaterials for chip production and semi -conductors in general

[@augustasskarbalius5284]

Which CSET report has the data for the graph at 12:29? Need it for an exam project:)

[@cherylmockotr]

Very scary to think of China gaining control of all that Taiwan produces and represents, not just microchips.

[@aaadit4131]

Taiwan 🇹🇼🏳‍🌈 I love Taiwan because the first Asian country allow same sex marriage. GOOD JOB TAIWAN, beautiful country

[@rohitrawat6308]

Please mention the subtitles as well in your videos. Thank You

[@vietfrost]

The cost of new FAB factories should have included in video. It gives a pretty good idea of the just one of challenges of trying to compete against TSMC.

[@keiming2277]

113 Dislike from China

[@SurfistaCamad]

Go Taiwan!

[@wizzzer1337]

I wonder much chip material of old hardware is just laying around in homes (I do indeed have several old GPU's and hard drives laying in a box, each for "just in case" my new hardware malfunction). old phones, old TV's, old computers- all just waiting to be recycled...

[@johnuferbach9166]

the issue isn't about the availability of material, the issue is that even with all the material piling up on their front door they still can't make as much as the world demands

[@Napoleonic_S]

CMIIW I don't think you can recycle chips, the electronic circuits are basically like tattooed into the silicon wafer.

[@waqaszubair8906]

Independent Taiwan is unique identity .

[@pandasmayor3415]

I like this guy he doesn’t have gold teeth I can focus on the video

[@clementoseitano7568]

Where's the other guy, the other bald one, not Simon

[@NotHPotter]

Damn, classing up VisualPolitik with that jacket.

[@charliescene786]

And hair. I'm still used to baldmen

[@100domathon]

I just subscribed to Latamplotik. I hope you all will make a video on El Salvador and Nayib Bukele

[@lorenzkraus6888]

Why can't you get a consistent volume?

[@arjunchatterjee875]

Thanks for the update, it now appears as though the ideological conflict of the 21st c. is slowly starting to heat up.

[@jamesmit100]

Absolutely amazing video

[@user-qn6yt3zx3w]

“The thinnest semiconductors” LOL!!!!!

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

If you didn't know, the smaller you can make them, the better. It means you will be able to fit more of them in any object. Sadly we are reaching the physical limits, which might be a problem if we want to keep improving our computers.

[@user-qn6yt3zx3w]

@@MichaelDavis-mk4me unfortunately, it’s one of the few things in the world I do know something about. What you’re talking about is “feature-size” and represents the physical size of the gate on a CMOS transistor. The smaller the size, the more can fit into a given die-size. But more crucially, the smaller the transistor, the less power it consumes and the less capacitance it has. The lower the capacitance, the higher the switching frequency (GHz). TSMC is leading the world in process technologies with 5nm today. “The thinnest semiconductors” is a misnomer. All silicon semiconductors (the most common kind) are about the same thickness.

[@johnuferbach9166]

@@user-qn6yt3zx3w i guess for multi level memory chips the thickness of each layer matters? but yeah, even then it's not relevant here anyway xD

[@eifelitorn]

What's with the jacket? I thought the dresscode was a casual beach shirt? xD

[@gyasicool]

We want to hear about Africa too

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

Yeah, I'd rather hear more about Africa than S. America. Half their S. America coverage is simply cos this channel is obsessed with Argentina anyway.

[@aussieboy4090]

Africa is not a country ffs

[@gyasicool]

Well yeah thought that was obvious just not specifying countries

[@somethinglikethat2176]

South America is just the same dumb story again and again.

[@al_caponeh6185]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn I agree that vpk is obsessed with Argentina. Not so much with coverage of the rest of LATAM countries(Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica to name a few) in english.

[@TalesOfGod]

Excellent informative video, thank you for the coverage on semiconductor chips and on Taiwan.

[@dylanpotter1807]

Loving the new look of the channel and of course Josh's new look also.

[@daniellima3730]

It´s weird that the video is set to be faster than the normal speed.

[@shudoy9386]

And China will claim this is only possible under CCP's guidance 😂😂😂

[@aliasgartashrifwala6972]

@VisualPolitik EN Please make a video on ASML and its dominance in the semiconductor Market. Also how India is planning to join this new market key person Ajay Prakash Sawhney.

[@Rationalific]

Music similar to that from 11:44 and on (heard a bit more at 12:10 and 12:30) would be good to use in a sequel to Sonic CD.

[@fookcheongloke1741]

How many appliances need chips below 7 nm ? Most can do with anything 14 nm or bigger.

[@zapshenko_]

A video about Taiwan, Chips, TSMC, FABs, Semi-Conducters... but absolutely no mention of AMD this is what heartache feels like.

[@elmagnificoroca]

AMD chips are also manufactured by TSMC. AMD designs chips but rely on TSMC's fabrication technology to put it into fruition.

[@pepijnhuvenaars]

And no mention of ASML. They mention TSMC is 1 of 3 companies that can make the most advanced chips.. ASML is the only company that can make the most high tech machines (EUV) to make the most advanced chips.

[@PenguinWarriors33]

Taiwan No.1... yay.

[@dnifty1]

The founder of TSMC was an engineer who was educated and worked in the United States for 20 years before going back to Taiwan and working for the government of Taiwan's ITRI Industrial Technology Resource Institute. ITRI was basically an institution built on learning and transferring the know how of how to make computer chips from America and the West to Taiwanese businesses. And this includes academia and private industry. And the West supported this because Taiwan (ROC) is an ally of the United States and the West and has been so since WW II. Therefore there was never any roadblock to stop them from developing their chip industry. Also TSMC was founded as a joint venture with Philips Electronics and the Taiwanese government. One of the key milestones in the development of TSMC was the assistance they got from RCA in training engineers on how to make chips. But keep in mind, back then most of the chips they made were for things like DVD drives and so forth and to this day most chips made are not for high end PCs. In fact Taiwan started out as the maker of all the various components in the computer/electronics supply chain such as circuit boards, computer cases, phone cases, keyboards and so forth long before they even got the contract for the Iphone. And it wasn't until later, after AMD failed to keep up with Intel in manufacturing advanced chips that TSMC even became a big player in higher end chips.

[@aliyoussef8201]

This inspires me to get a computer science degree

[@joshuaades3331]

For chip designing you have to go for electronic engineering

[@unreal111]

I live about 10 minutes from TSMC new plant in Phoenix, Arizona. It was a big news on local channels in amount of jobs it will create here.

[@sharonbarclays7820]

Right..

[@DatsWhatXiSaid]

Support your neighborhood chippie.

[@Manawatu_Al2844]

Well played sir, well played.

[@ahmadalhusaini4677]

Love the idea of investing in Taiwan market ETF best wishes for more progress and freedom to come 🙏 🌍

[@Talkless142]

Like to see Taiwan as a country in my life time

[@adrianmedina2629]

Freedom for the economic power that could be Taiwan!!

[@luishernandezblonde]

The Taiwanese are BRILLIANT. Damn, they now how the economic key. Not just to say Taiwan always think forward 50 years before we do.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

More like American corpo being Brilliant...

[@luishernandezblonde]

@@nehcooahnait7827 Oh really? Americans could not even do without Taiwanese help.

[@38josue91]

2:37... OMG... He did the american 3!!

[@longfu5663]

We will see