AMD hides Taiwan branding on Ryzen CPU packaging as it preps new chips for China market release — company uses black sticker to erase origin information
AMD hides Taiwan branding on Ryzen CPU packaging as it preps new chips for China market release — company uses black sticker to erase origin information
Yet more signs of hiding Taiwan branding.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2894418
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Apparently, AMD has placed a long black sticker on the lower left corner, seemingly to remove mentions of Taiwan. That appears to be convenient timing as the new 7600X3D chips are slated for release in China on September 20, and the country has a history of forbidding mentions of Taiwan on product packaging.
The hidden text shows the origin of the Ryzen processor: “AMD processors are diffused and/or made in one or more of the following countries and/or regions: USA, Germany, Singapore, China, Malaysia, or Taiwan.”
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We can surmise that the company is doing this to soothe Beijing’s ruffled feathers, which claims Taiwan is part of China and has previously slapped import restrictions on products mentioning Taiwan as the place of manufacture.
It isn’t the first time that AMD has seemingly acquiesced to the demands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In January, it removed the ‘Diffused in Taiwan’ silkscreen from the Ryzen 7000 chips. Although the company says it did this to standardize production with the products from its Xilinx acquisition, it does have the convenient side effect of keeping Beijing happy.
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This recent change — adding a sticker that covers ‘Taiwan’ on the box — doesn’t seem to have any other reason except to address the CCP’s likely complaints.
We can surmise that the company is doing this to soothe Beijing’s ruffled feathers, which claims Taiwan is part of China and has previously slapped import restrictions on products mentioning Taiwan as the place of manufacture.
If Taiwan is part of China, wouldn't that mean the things were already manufactured in-country and didn't need to be "imported" to begin with? 🤔 Is China really so dumb it's accidentally imposing restrictions on itself?
Why should I care when Taiwan's official stance is also that it is the one legitimate government over all of China? Seriously asking. I could be more supportive of independence if it had been independent all of this time. Instead, this is a stalemated civil war where neither side has changed. How can one discuss the ethics without the full scope of the divide?
Taiwan's official stance is such only because China’s Anti-secession law promises war if Taiwan changes its name from the old “Republic of China” (since 1911) to “Republic of Taiwan”. RoC was never affiliated with communist China (PRC), but martial law era ruling party KMT first threatened to retake China and then diluted the plan into “reunification” and cozied up with China. Taiwanese people never agreed with KMT’s hubris or sucking-up, which shows in voting results since the martial law ended.
Which official?
Every government office has maintained the stance as it has been. It is still the ROC not the ROT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan