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Monica Chen, Hsinchu; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES Asia
Wednesday 31 March 2021
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Posted on Apr 1, 04:46
Which is completely true, if you ignore obvious security concerns. Take those into account, and there are VERY good reasons why localized capacity makes sense, over-capacity concerns aside.