China’s plan to dominate legacy chips globally sparks US probe (arstechnica.com)
from Xatolos@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 14:14
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foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml on 24 Dec 14:29 next collapse

A simple is just to look out where you can buy chips. You’ll not find them on amazon but on aliexpress.

zephorah@lemm.ee on 24 Dec 14:54 next collapse

There’s some shady export behavior from Trump on this first term. He who has the most chips wins. China IS winning.

Chips = military win.

So it’s worth watching Trump on this during this term. Tariffs on imports could be a slight of hand distraction, something he loves to do, so no one pays attention to exports.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 24 Dec 15:52 next collapse

They only say it’s free market when it’s in their favor.

Grimy@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 17:52 collapse

I buy my chips directly from China when I can. The fact is, if I buy it from a distributor here, it comes from the same place but costs a stupid amount more. I’m talking about opamps that are 80 cents from China but 30 dollars on digikey.

The US has a greedy middle man issue. I think bringing up home grown production is good for security reasons but I know someone’s buddy is going to get all the profit and we won’t actually have competitive prices.

Making a prototype of something is bloody expensive already, even when dealing directly with China.

Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 20:21 next collapse

It is the same with automotive parts. Anything imported from China has at least a 40% markup before it is resold.

Inktvip@lemm.ee on 24 Dec 21:21 next collapse

For most hobby projects I just try to stay within the jlcpcb smt assembly parts library these days. For some reason it has actually gotten harder to get parts locally over the years as a consumer.

That has actually lowered the bar for small prototypes/projects enough that I’m using it for some company projects (PCB design isn’t something we normally do but it can be very useful at times).

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 21:32 collapse

The US has a greedy middle man issue.

Same in Europe.