▲ 562 ▼ Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 years ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world 177 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 173 points 2 years ago (7 children) In the end, only the customer pays extras. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] wurstgulasch3000@feddit.org 92 points 2 years ago (6 children) Trumpets cannot comprehend this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (5 children) They will first go "I don't buy those damn consoles and gamer PCs every few years", then find out once their new iPhones will be much more expensive... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Everything will be more expensive, if it uses a modern CPU. Phones, tablets, computers of any type from any company (both Intel and AMD are fabbing consumer CPUs on TSMC, as is Apple and Qualcomm), TVs, set top boxes, everything. Right now TSMC is basically the only fab anything consumer-facing is made on, which is not a great thing in general, but vice president trump just decided that anything electronic needs a hefty price hike. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) And remember, once the price goes up, it rarely goes down. Even after the tariffs reverted in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They seem to like cars a lot. Remember when there was a car shortage because chip manufacturing froze during Covid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Issue with that, they would love to have "chipless" cars they can repair with a screwdriver and a wrench. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wurstgulasch3000@feddit.org 92 points 2 years ago (6 children) Trumpets cannot comprehend this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (5 children) They will first go "I don't buy those damn consoles and gamer PCs every few years", then find out once their new iPhones will be much more expensive... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Everything will be more expensive, if it uses a modern CPU. Phones, tablets, computers of any type from any company (both Intel and AMD are fabbing consumer CPUs on TSMC, as is Apple and Qualcomm), TVs, set top boxes, everything. Right now TSMC is basically the only fab anything consumer-facing is made on, which is not a great thing in general, but vice president trump just decided that anything electronic needs a hefty price hike. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) And remember, once the price goes up, it rarely goes down. Even after the tariffs reverted in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They seem to like cars a lot. Remember when there was a car shortage because chip manufacturing froze during Covid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Issue with that, they would love to have "chipless" cars they can repair with a screwdriver and a wrench. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (5 children) They will first go "I don't buy those damn consoles and gamer PCs every few years", then find out once their new iPhones will be much more expensive... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Everything will be more expensive, if it uses a modern CPU. Phones, tablets, computers of any type from any company (both Intel and AMD are fabbing consumer CPUs on TSMC, as is Apple and Qualcomm), TVs, set top boxes, everything. Right now TSMC is basically the only fab anything consumer-facing is made on, which is not a great thing in general, but vice president trump just decided that anything electronic needs a hefty price hike. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) And remember, once the price goes up, it rarely goes down. Even after the tariffs reverted in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They seem to like cars a lot. Remember when there was a car shortage because chip manufacturing froze during Covid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Issue with that, they would love to have "chipless" cars they can repair with a screwdriver and a wrench. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Everything will be more expensive, if it uses a modern CPU. Phones, tablets, computers of any type from any company (both Intel and AMD are fabbing consumer CPUs on TSMC, as is Apple and Qualcomm), TVs, set top boxes, everything. Right now TSMC is basically the only fab anything consumer-facing is made on, which is not a great thing in general, but vice president trump just decided that anything electronic needs a hefty price hike. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) And remember, once the price goes up, it rarely goes down. Even after the tariffs reverted in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) And remember, once the price goes up, it rarely goes down. Even after the tariffs reverted in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They seem to like cars a lot. Remember when there was a car shortage because chip manufacturing froze during Covid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Issue with that, they would love to have "chipless" cars they can repair with a screwdriver and a wrench. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Issue with that, they would love to have "chipless" cars they can repair with a screwdriver and a wrench. permalink fedilink source parent