The PC was invented by Americans and most of its important technologies are owned by American companies. Shockingly bad idea to let ourselves get so dependent on a single country, especially considering that Taiwan, which is by far the most important chip manufacturer, is threatened by another authoritarian regime. Maybe you could build something equivalent to an x86-PC with ARM, but not without those hyper-sophisticated chip factories (though TBF, the USA would also be fucked if China conquered Taiwan and blocked those chips from getting into the US).
The PC was invented by Americans and most of its important technologies are owned by American companies. Shockingly bad idea to let ourselves get so dependent on a single country, especially considering that Taiwan, which is by far the most important chip manufacturer, is threatened by another authoritarian regime. Maybe you could build something equivalent to an x86-PC with ARM, but not without those hyper-sophisticated chip factories (though TBF, the USA would also be fucked if China conquered Taiwan and blocked those chips from getting into the US).