RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoTrump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronicsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down12cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.cahardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1434arrow-down1external-linkTrump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronicsapnews.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.cahardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·15 days agoYikes, that would make cpu’s as expensive as gpu’s, and gpu’s, well, unaffordable altogether.
minus-squareRandAlThor@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·15 days agoHe will exempt companies who makes chips in the US - as long as they make some of them in the US, their imports are exempt from the tariff. A quick glance says major chip makers (Intel, AMD, Nvidia) have some production facilities in the US.
minus-squareWalnutLum@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoI guess that means those cheap SoC boxes we’ve been seeing all over are gonna double in price.
minus-squareGiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoSome, but they’re fabbed by TSMC which he’s trying to strongarm into buying a 49% stake in Intel.
Yikes, that would make cpu’s as expensive as gpu’s, and gpu’s, well, unaffordable altogether.
He will exempt companies who makes chips in the US - as long as they make some of them in the US, their imports are exempt from the tariff. A quick glance says major chip makers (Intel, AMD, Nvidia) have some production facilities in the US.
I guess that means those cheap SoC boxes we’ve been seeing all over are gonna double in price.
Some, but they’re fabbed by TSMC which he’s trying to strongarm into buying a 49% stake in Intel.