How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China

The United States and Europe do not have the abilities of mass producing the most advanced designs that the Taiwanese foundry TSMC can make.Credit…An Rong Xu for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The war game scenario conducted by a Washington think tank began with a sudden failure at three Taiwanese semiconductor foundries that make high-end computer chips used in such items as smartphones, automobiles and military equipment.

The halt in production raised questions of whether a cyberattack by Beijing was responsible — touching off an international crisis between China and the United States that the researchers said could grind […]

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