RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTrump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronicsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down12cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkTrump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronicsapnews.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square63linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarefantacyde@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-221 days agoDoesn’t Apple still use Samsung chips? Or is that something from past assembly?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoAbout everyone uses non-US chips in the US. Think about anything digitally controlled, and there will be at least one non-US chip in it. Sometimes dozens, sometimes hundreds. Just another point to show that Trump has no clue about anything business.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-221 days agoLast I heard the Apple M series chips are made by TSMC, but maybe storage chips could be from Samsung?
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoNone of the chips in the US are fully US made.
Doesn’t Apple still use Samsung chips? Or is that something from past assembly?
About everyone uses non-US chips in the US. Think about anything digitally controlled, and there will be at least one non-US chip in it. Sometimes dozens, sometimes hundreds.
Just another point to show that Trump has no clue about anything business.
Last I heard the Apple M series chips are made by TSMC, but maybe storage chips could be from Samsung?
None of the chips in the US are fully US made.