In my view almost all the mistakes made by the US in semiconductors stem from one thing; arrogance. They never believed any other country could beat them, only the US could produce cutting-edge techn… (View Post)

Yep. The US did not throw away their lead in chips, it was taken from them. The Taiwanese government recognised the importance of semiconductors early on and pumped money and effort in to supporting … (View Post)

14A may as well be fairy dust right now. It could end up being as good as they claim, but Intel hasn't introduced a competitive cutting-edge process node since 14nm some 12 years ago. The lack o… (View Post)

That would require them to not be blithering idiots, which is apparently too much to ask these days. (View Post)

You already need to provide ID to get benefits. The disabled girl who lives on my street got moved from legacy benefits to UC and was required to give DWP proof of identity. She didn't have a pa… (View Post)