Comment by kllrnohj
6 hours ago
Why would you guess Chinese? Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek are the typical answers for radio chips, no? None of whom are Chinese? There certainly are Chinese radio chips, such as from Espressif or Huawei, but they aren't especially popular in APs or anything
Most of those chips are made in TSMC or samsung foundries, the majority of which are currently in China or South Asia.
The majority of their foundries are in Taiwan and South Korea which, to avoid politics, is outside what most people mean when they worry about tech made in China (they think about the PRC).
Realtek windows drivers literally have taiwnese written text. They are as American as Lego
I really dont see what your comment means in response to the current thread?
None of them are in china. They are in Taiwan and South Korea.
To be strictly accurate TSMC has exactly 2 fabs in China (Fab 10 & Fab 16). So it's not "none" in China, but very almost none.