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[–] halfpipe@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

China spent the past five years building a massive semiconductor industry almost from scratch. The US spent it building a bunch of data centers that will all be shuttered once the AI bubble bursts.

[–] Elysia@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

smuglord Who would want Chinese semiconductors if they don't have anything to conduct without American electrons?

[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Upside - when the AI bubble bursts, GPUs will drop to like a tenth of their current price

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Downside - they're mostly server GPUs that don't even have video outputs