Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I think that's been recognized, which is why we're doing things like establishing domestic production of problematic microprocessors.
Which will, if successful, correct a single failed node in a long series. I say ‘if successful” because at one time Intel committed to establishment of a microprocessor plant near Olympia Washington.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ys-mayor-says/
https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-f...near_olym.html
Despite subsidies from the state, they closed it down before it had barely gotten started, driven in large part by the OSHA and EPA requirements. Chip manufacture uses a lot of really nasty industrial reagents - tank loads of Hydrofluoric acid among many others. But still, assuming they successfully navigate those shoals, that’s one node among many.