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ASML could brick Taiwan's chipmaking machines in case of uninvited guests
(www.theregister.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Probably yes. All the assassin shit is something the West is not as ahead of the rest of the world as people seem to expect from the difference in technological development.
That aside, they do have some production of their own. EDIT: Good for military and good for usable PCs for China not to stop breathing without TSMC-made hardware.