It's because China is investing in training new generations of scientists and engineers. And yes, some day they'll probably have some groundbreaking tech like whatever comes after EUV lithography, and the US will be kicking itself for obstructing collaboration

When that time comes, hopefully the Chinese government won't be as obstinate as the US is now (a very low bar to pass)

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I literally can't wait to pay 200% import tax on a Chinese CPU in 5-10 years just so I can show it off and benchmark it against Intel and AMD lmao.

Would be even funnier if it ends up being RISC-V, considering how much funding and research China threw at it in the linux space.