Tim Cook 'slept with one eye open' after CIA briefing on Taiwan
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Key Points:
- Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly revealed he "slept with one eye open" after attending a classified CIA briefing on the potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, where Apple’s key chipmaker TSMC is based.
- US intelligence agencies have warned that China may attempt to invade Taiwan as early as 2027, with China conducting military exercises simulating a full-scale blockade of the island.
- The briefing, attended by Tim Cook and other tech CEOs from Nvidia, AMD, and Qualcomm, aimed to persuade Apple to source chips from the US and South Korea instead of Taiwan due to geopolitical risks.
- TSMC reserves its most advanced chip manufacturing capabilities for its Taiwan plants, leaving Apple with limited alternatives for producing its latest sophisticated chips, despite
