Designing a full fledged x86 CPU these days is not easy. To start from scratch, you would need billions of dollars. I don't think it's feasible to successfully penetrate this market given the situation today. As you can see, the market is consolidating right now because development costs (especially for manufacturing) are prohibitively expensive.

There are plenty of other growing markets, which i think a few people with some knowledge can successfully penetrate. And this is what we should be looking at before it's too late.

TSMC manufacturing process technology is way behind the leaders. A CPU depends a lot on the manufacturing process for performance improvements because it is clocked very high compared to say, a GPU. There are plenty of other alternatives besides manufacturing CPUs, which would be a better choice for such arrangements.
Nothing good ever comes easy.

I don't understand, you say the only way is being number 1, then you say we can't beat anyone. So what is your point?

Well, i hope you're number 1 in whatever you're doing too, else your preaching might come across as being weird

I will leave out proton and what seems to be your personal sentiment (such as your bumi comment) out of this discussion. The money is as important as the skill if you want to fight with the big guys. Because the money not only builds the plants; it also buys the skill. You can't expect the best people to work for anything but the best pay right

You don't have to be no 1 in the CPU industry to survive (ask AMD hahaha). But you cannot afford to be left behind, as is true for any industry/business. And is true for life in general. Being the best is of course the extra mile that some people choose to go.

My race does not matter. I believe in pure capitalism and people should earn everything they have, and competition is good because it pushes people to improve (or die/go bankrupt if they don't). And i'm not hoping for our government, especially the one of recent years, to be smart or thoughtful enough to invest in such a project. I do not see this changing in the near future

Also i think it's not wise to go up against the big boys in what they are best at. Finding a niche and gaining a strong foothold there would be a much better idea. Of course that's just what i think, perhaps some ppl are convinced otherwise.

edit: Sorry for the earlier cold shoulder (or headbutt, whichever way you like it ), you kind of hit a nerve there