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Taiwan Says Chip Machines Can Be Remotely Shut Off If China Invades


Taiwan's new technology minister Wu Cheng-wen said smart machines connected to the internet, including chip tools, can be remotely shut off in the event of a conflict on the island. From a report: Wu, stepping in to oversee science and technology as part of a new administration, was responding to a ...

Taiwan's new technology minister Wu Cheng-wen said smart machines connected to the internet, including chip tools, can be remotely shut off in the event of a conflict on the island. China on Thursday escalated military exercises around the island that Beijing considers part of its territory, only days after the self-governing democracy of 23 million inaugurated a new president in Lai Ching-te. Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have caused concern in the US and other leading nations about implications for the global economy -- which counts on TSMC to produce the world's most essential chips.

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