Intel and AMD stop industrial chip sales to Russia

[BadThad]

Man, I feel so sorry for the normal, working people of both Ukraine and Russia. There is NOTHING good about war. This would NOT be happening if America wasn't being run by the Biden ineptocracy who has made every wrong decision possible and telegraphed his intentions at every step. PITIFUL!

 

[Avro Arrow]

I don't see how this will affect hackers. It's not like hacking requires a 5950X to work. A hacker could be just as effective with an FX-series or Sandy Bridge CPU as they are with a Ryzen. This is especially true considering that craptops will still get in.

 

[Tantor]

Both Russia and particularly China have been moving towards their own CPUs for a while now so it's not like they weren't prepared.

It might hurt yes, but nowhere near as much as being effectively blocked from the rest of the world with the SWIFT restrictions if they materialize effectively.

Correct, but who is blocking whom?

It's the old Tail-Wag-Dog scenario. Russia and China being the Dog, and the US and EU being the dog's rear end.

Regarding SWIFT, all the West did is block themselves from Russian (and Chinese) resources.

- Russia is the largest wheat exporter in the world, far ahead of the US and the EU.
- Russia is the worlds largest energy producer, if you combine petroleum, natural gas and coal.
- Europe buys almost 40% of their energy from Russia. Germany is decommissioning their remaining nuclear reactors.
- Russia is really heavy into alternative energy, especially wind. Unlike the European nations, Russia has enormous empty areas to build wind farms. Russia has incredible hydro-electric potential in their uninhabited far east and arctic regions.

Without SWIFT how will the EU pay for that 40% of energy? And they will pay, big time. Germany is already squealing that they want only a 'limited' SWIFT ban.
https://www.rt.com/business/550849-germany-swift-ban-russia/
EU gas prices jumped 35% since the SWIFT ban announcement.

Gas prices in Europe jump 35% amid Russia supply worries

Gas prices in Europe have soared on Monday amid supply concerns as Russia faces Ukraine-related sanctions

www.rt.com

YAY! Russia miraculously has a solution to save the day. Russia has an alternative to SWIFT called System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS).

By banning Russian banks from SWIFT, Europe has effectively committed themselves to buy Russian energy through SPFS, using borrowed ROUBLES. The dollar is no longer in the loop. This is clearly the end of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.

And what if China demands payments through SPFS? Or does a Ukraine style intervention into Taiwan. You can kiss your Intel and AMD processors goodbye.

This is what happens when you go up against a coalition of the smartest people in the world (Chinese) and the greatest natural resources (Russia). You will lose.

Putin is no fool. He did not invade the Ukraine expecting to lose.

 

[Tantor]

The westerns believe Russian citizens have the same privileges as them where they can protest via freedom of speech, freedom of press, and due process but even that is questionable now with current Canada situation. Unfortunately they are scared of Putin who controls the press and will justify his actions via propaganda.
Some believe by going all electric that somehow that somehow the energy is generated in Unicorn land no it's the opposite the more green you are the more you make Putin Rich and this administration is Super Green with their fake sanctions where they are relying more on Russian energy by the days. We are indirectly paying for the war!
Putin can win 3 fold here.
1 bypassing tariffs in Ukraine
2 energy prices skyrocket will mitigate cost
3 When the Russian market crashes he can easily offer to buy them out at a fraction of the cost.
Some call him a grand master 4dchess player.

Lastly I have been saying this for years now just like clock work both Russia and Ch!na banned cryptomining just before energy prices to inflate but the west is not banning cryptomining instead they are fake green activists pushing energy prices to inflate!
The most peaceful move we have is to become energy independent once more but the puppet in the White House is doing the opposite!

Canadians and Americans have almost ZERO rights to protest. Look at what happened to the Canadian truckers. The Canadian government mobilized every possible resource to shut them down. The same happened to the J-9 protestors.

I have family in Russia. Putin is VERY popular, especially now that he stood up for the predominantly Russian population of Eastern Ukraine.

 

[Underdog]

His popularity might diminish when the numbers returning from the Ukrainian invasion come home in body bags.

 

[godrilla]

Canadians and Americans have almost ZERO rights to protest. Look at what happened to the Canadian truckers. The Canadian government mobilized every possible resource to shut them down. The same happened to the J-9 protestors.

I have family in Russia. Putin is VERY popular, especially now that he stood up for the predominantly Russian population of Eastern Ukraine.

Hitler was also popular and used the same tactics, popular just means infamous. There is definitely Putin's propaganda and trolls that will defend his war crimes against both Russian and Ukraine People. Everyone is pushing their propaganda. Its up to you to make you own mind what's real. Putin doesn't give a shyte about Russian and Ukrainians people all he cares about is power and Putin. Wake up!