President Yoon Calls for Semiconductor Alliance During Visit to the Netherlands
I did not realize that the Netherlands had their own chipmaking capabilities:
President Yoon Suk Yeol began his state visit to the Netherlands by meeting with a group of Korean residents and vowing to upgrade the two countries’ relations to a “semiconductor alliance.”
As the first official schedule, Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee attended a welcoming ceremony hosted by Willem-Alexander, king of the Netherlands, held at Dam Square in Amsterdam on Tuesday (local time).
oon arrived in Amsterdam on Monday on a four-day visit aimed at strengthening cooperation between South Korea, a leading chip manufacturer, and the Netherlands, home to chipmaking equipment companies such as ASML.
“Semiconductors are an important area not only for our industries but also for our security,” he said during the dinner meeting with some 100 Korean residents at an Amsterdam hotel. “Through this visit, the semiconductor cooperation between South Korea and the Netherlands will be upgraded to a semiconductor alliance.”
Yonhap
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They have a little – they design lower-tech chips for autos. Their real strength is chip-making equipment. They are number one in the world. Only their equipment can make 3-nano chips.
They make the machine that makes the smallest semiconductors.
Korea has a few.
China wants them. Trump stopped China from getting this technology.
Taiwan has a few.
This is why I always say the moment China invades, America has to destroy TSCM. Othwrwise, the Chinese will box one up and send it back to the mainlandnfor dissection.