They’re trying to induce a contraction of high-end silicon demand before half the world’s fabs mysteriously go nuclear after the PLA drops troops over Taipei.
Double conspiracy: The US is trying to trick China into becoming reliant on x86 chips manufactured in “Israel” since most other x86 fabs are in Taiwan.
Sounds like a very RiskV strategy, fab foundries flounder for fickle folly.
Let’s see how it plays out for them.